Sorry to hang off your message, Peter, but I had deleted all of the previous
ones...

A couple of points...

Aviation is just one segment of Garmin's business. A quick drive along
Lakeshore Drive will show that there is a tremendous market for their
boating products just within the city of Chicago.

IIRC, Garmin is opening their store in the old Sony space, which is just
down the street from the Nike store and the Apple store ad infinitum. This
particular stretch of Michigan Avenue contains several manufacturer's
"showcase" stores. And the area is a huge shopping destination.

Then there's this:

Code Name Distance Driving Time
KPWK Palwaukee Municipal 24.1 mi 39 min
KGYY Gary/Chicago 31.0 mi 49 min
KIGQ Lansing Municipal 39.9 mi 49 min
06C Schaumburg Regional 28.7 mi 49 min
LL22 Brookeridge Air Park 31.4 mi 50 min
1C5 Clow International 37.1 mi 59 min
KARR Aurora Municipal 50.9 mi 1 hr 5 min
KDPA DuPage 34.3 mi 1 hr 9 min
KLOT Lewis University 42.7 mi 1 hr 10 min

These distances/times are from my home, which is two blocks from Lake
Michigan, five miles from the center of downtown.

Despite Daley's childish attitudes and actions, there is no lack of a
"Chicago aviation community". It's just that much of it is in the suburbs.

Garmin has all but wiped out Bendix-King.

They didn't do this by being lousy at marketing...




"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Roy Smith" wrote in message
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I wouldn't call setting up shop less than a mile from Boeing's corporate
headquarters being "out of touch with aviation".

Well...unless Boeing executives are running down the corner to pick up
some
GPS equipment at Garmin's retail store, and then shipping the goods back
to
the assembly plants (which are NOT in Chicago), I don't see the
connection.

Daley may be wishfully thinking otherwise, but I don't think most people
who
actually know a thing or two about aviation consider Chicago to be an
"aviation town".

Pete