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AOPA will fight to bring back Meigs Field
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, made infamous in March 2003 when he ordered huge trenches dug across Meigs Field in the middle of the night, announced Sept. 7 that he will not seek re-election. Although the airport was closed and turned into a park, AOPA President Craig Fuller has pledged to seek every opportunity to bring back Meigs Field. (www.aopa.org) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I will help anyway I can, the greatest airport of all time. Landed there as a boy in a lear 35 and was so impressed by the whole experience. Daley made a huge mistake closing this place over the excuse of terror! He is such a liberal, chicken like Pelosi, Obama, Blagovich... no spine and always looking to be in the limelight! BRING MEIGS BACK NOW. It's the people's airport.
oh yea, here is the location to give, i remember donating tons of internet access to chicago residents in order to revenue share many years ago with this cause: http://friendsofmeigs.org/
I don't see it happening, but it would be SWEET!! I've already plotted a x-country just in case.
I would love to see Meigs back but good luck. I doubt they would tear down that amphitheater, unlike the runway.
Bring it back baby. That would be wonderful because of jobs, convention industry, Business etc....
Lets go!
Lets go!
Meigs was a revenue maker for the City of Chicago, and was a real time saver for businessmen and women. A few even commuted from far out communities via Meigs when affairs required them to be Downtown. And like many other things Daley did, in my opinion, it was a huge mistake to close it. And under the cover of darkness no less.
Meigs used to have an east ramp that was full of corporate aircraft during conventions (conventions are gone now too). The city priced Meigs out of business with excessive fees and high fuel prices then Mayor Daley closed it because "no one used it." The last time I was there about 10 years ago we flew a Lance in for a three hour lunch at the Planetarium and the total bill was $45.00 with no gas for three hours of parking. Fuel back then was over $5.00 per gallon when everyone else was $1.75. Good luck trying to get it back. They couldn't even afford the concrete.