Citing possible security threats to Chicago, Mayor Daley ordered Meigs Field to be demolished last night. For a time, I was convinced that this was an elaborate April Fool’s joke (especially because webcams of Meigs Field and RealVideo movies conveniently wouldn’t load past my firewall :-p), but the level of effort involving newspapers, tv stations, the FAA, and several aviation organizations would truly have been an epic prank. Visit Friends Of Meigs Field for more information and how you can help. This is truly a sad day if it really occurred; I remember playing Flight Simulator about 15 years or so ago, and for the longest time Meigs Field was the default (and only) airport to fly out of…
