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Chicago Mayoral Candidate wants to reopen Meigs Field
Meigs was the second largest business district airport in North America. Meigs Field airport was closed when Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley ordered the runway destroyed with bulldozers without the thirty-day notice required by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations. I propose the restoration of this important third airport with planned enhancements for 21st century personal air travel and much needed revenue source. (chicago.suntimes.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
My first airport in Microsoft Flight Simulator.
A whole nation of Flight simmers and Pilots who got their first taste of flying at Meigs back in the early days when you had 8 bit graphics. Boxy planes and scenery
Check it out
https://www.abandonwaredos.com/abandonware-game.php?abandonware=Microsoft+Flight+Simulator+4.0&gid=1985
Check it out
https://www.abandonwaredos.com/abandonware-game.php?abandonware=Microsoft+Flight+Simulator+4.0&gid=1985
And when I looked at the vid - I forgot you had to run it in DOS!
Cracked a lot of windshields on DOS FS! LOL
Boy, I just watched that video - and it brought back fond memories of my early flying career (in computers only). I had it on my Atari 1040ST.
Mr. Wilson's words about Daley's back door, authoritarian closing of Meigs in the middle of the night, and about the real need for Meigs in the downtown area is refreshing (as well as some of his other comments).
If this man can bring back Meigs, in a more modern/expanded form, I think it could out perform it's financial expectations. It sure would be better than flying into Palwaukee and taking a cab downtown.
If this man can bring back Meigs, in a more modern/expanded form, I think it could out perform it's financial expectations. It sure would be better than flying into Palwaukee and taking a cab downtown.
You clearly don't know Chicago or Mr. Wilson. He has the same electoral chances as I do with the papal electors.
I lived there for 35 years.
And while Mr Wilson is a candidate, I will agree, he has little chance of being elected. But that does not stop me from appreciating his bringing the subject to everyone's attention.
And while Mr Wilson is a candidate, I will agree, he has little chance of being elected. But that does not stop me from appreciating his bringing the subject to everyone's attention.
And one other point. Meigs, no matter how small it might have been, was still important to Richard J. Daley. It was patronage. Those jobs meant votes, and "donations" from those workers to the Machine. The Ward Committeeman knew it, the Alderman knew it, and Daley knew it.
Not to mention those in business who were connected to the Machine, made sure that in return for their "donations", the City left Meigs alone.
By the time Richard M. came around in 1989, Shakman was the law of the land, and patronage was all but dead.
Not to mention those in business who were connected to the Machine, made sure that in return for their "donations", the City left Meigs alone.
By the time Richard M. came around in 1989, Shakman was the law of the land, and patronage was all but dead.