What happened to Megis Field?

[N556EP]

that is one of the most sneakiest things i have ever seen, closing the Airport OK for what ever reasons but not issuing a NOTAMS that was just wrong, but as the aarticle says it will put more load on th ATC since that airspace isnt controlled anymore

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

i hope it continues to live in FS!! its really sad. pics make it look even sadder

[GWSimulations]

I remember when it first happened some of my friends at the airport got 8X10" pictures of mayor Daley (don't ask me where ) and put them on the wall for dart targets. The pictures are still up but have 1,000s of holes in them.

Do you think I could get away with making him for CFS2? Everybody could use him for target practice! I could make you home airbase meigs!
But might he sue???

[chomp_rock]

He does not give a rat's a$$ about aviation so I doubt he'd worry about his picture being used as a target in CFS...

[GWSimulations]

Has anyone got any pics of him?

[chomp_rock]

My friend Google image search does (hint hint).

[Jared]

No, in reality it is not a big deal to 95% of the population...

however I'm sure it has a definite impact on the traffic at the other local airports....;-)

I'm sure Meigs was a good reliever airport, recieving money(?) from the government, by guaranteeing that they would remain open for so many years...Hence the threatening thoughts of FAR 157....

Havent' taken aviation law classes, but it doesn't seem right....

My schools airport is kind of undergoing the same thing where we have recieved government money for improvements by guaranteeing that the airport will remain open for another 8 years. Unfortunately the city has encroached upon the airport and the threats to shut it down have come from all over the place excepts the FAA which says that it shall remain upon under the laws of the government...:-) Yay! :-)

A similar situation has been raging on for years at Burke Lakefront in Cleveland Ohio...mayor wants to put in apartments...:-( And unfrotunately the enw footballl stadium is basically right off the end of the runway pretty much shutting down arrivals/departures during game-time...

[Archer <]-]

lol I had to do some digging to find this!

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=gen;action=display;num=1080143544

The original link to the image site was taken off the thread, so here it is...
http://www.photography-plus.com/project/Meigs.htm

its a shame what happened :-/

[legoalex2000]

all right, i'll give the low-down, since i was one of the impactees

Daley shut own meigs on Mar. 31, 2002.

he had just proposed 1 month ago that meigs will be open until 2026.

He didn't issue a NOTAM because, let's guess, he didn't want people to know.

so we took off taxiway A. (well, i was off at the planetarium when my uncle took off)

also during his recent year, daley's cabinet had been involved in tax fraud, i don't expect to see him as mayor anymore. not that i care cause im in the burbs!

result: Palwaukee, Waukegan, Lake in the Hills, DuPage, Gary/Chicago, & Schaumburg accepted our aircraft for a discount. we chose palwaukee,

O'Hare was revamping thair GA Ramp, so O'Hare wasn't a choice. and Midway is just plain horrible airport. terrible location, houses located 230 ft from the runways!!!

so that finishes it. i just like ranting on Palwaukee cause's it's the 3rd largest airport in IL aircraft wise.

alex.