Emergency landing at Meigs Sunday

Good grief! It was a Piper Cub! Always knew those things would wind up
in the hands of evildoers.

Aero-News Propwash:

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An aircraft in distress, a Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser, reportedly
used what was left of Meigs Field yesterday, after a lightning
strike took out its electrical system. Landing in the grass
alongside the remnants of Meigs sundered runway, the PA-12 executed
a safe emergency landing... the second aircraft to have done so in
just two weeks (and the fourth in the last few years).

The strike was reported to have occurred just a few miles form
the airport and no injuries or significant damage were
reported.

The pilot, enroute to Oshkosh, WI, apparently to attend the
upcoming EAA AirVenture convention, opening tomorrow, Tuesday.
Friends of Meigs At Oshkosh

The Friends of Meigs Field are hosting a tent at this year's
Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture convention in Oshkosh,
WI. The group will be collecting signatures on postcards to send to
Congress and other public officials in the ongoing effort to reopen
Meigs Field.

The tent, provided gratis by the Experimental Aircraft
Association, will be "operations central" for the group, with
volunteers gathering signatures and encouraging Chicago residents
to call their aldermen and request hearings on Meigs' closure and
alternative plans to create a combination park and airport from the
famous airstrip.

If you are coming to Oshkosh, please be sure to stop by and sign
a card and offer your support to saving this valuable (and
critically needed) aviation resource.
FMI: www.friendsofmeigs.org

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all the best -- Dan Ford
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