Chicago's Merrill C. Meigs Field was abruptly destroyed by then-Mayor Richard M. Daley on March 31, 2003, without notice or FAA approval, to convert the land into a park. This "midnight raid" violated ...
This phrase has become the battle cry of pilots seeking to prevent the closure of their local airports. For 50 years, Merrill C. Meigs Field (KCGX) operated near downtown Chicago. That came to an ...
Twenty years ago, Mayor Richard M. Daley shut down Chicago’s third airport — Merrill C. Meigs Field. A wrecking crew used bulldozers to carve giant X’s into the airstrip late on March 30, 2003. The ...
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