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the moron strikes again
in todays sun times.
Meigs landing a setup? Was the second emergency landing in two weeks at Meigs Field more than just a coincidence? Was it a political setup? Mayor Daley apparently thinks so. Daley didn't come right out and say it, but he insinuated that the private pilot from Maine who made an emergency landing at Meigs on Sunday after running into electrical trouble on a flight to Oshkosh, Wis., might have had an ulterior motive: to embarrass the mayor for his March 30 destruction of Meigs Field. "This is the city of Chicago. It's in the state of Illinois. Oshkosh is up there. It's north of here a couple hours. If he's going to Oshkosh, that man is going in the wrong direction," the mayor said. Richard Randall, a 63-year-old pilot from Standish, Maine, suffered an electrical failure, lost radio contact with air traffic controllers and landed his 1946 Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser amid rubble churned up by Daley's demolition. |
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tony zambon ) wrote:
"This is the city of Chicago. It's in the state of Illinois. Oshkosh is up there. It's north of here a couple hours. If he's going to Oshkosh, that man is going in the wrong direction," the mayor said. How to Northeastern US pilots get to Oshkosh without a large over-water flight? Is Mayor Daily's geographical knowledge that poor? Or is this another attempt to play off the ignorance of his constituents? -- Peter |
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Hell, they elected and reelected him - he certainly doesn't have to do
anything to 'play' on their ignorance, that is a proven commodity... Denny "Peter R." wrote in message ds.com... tony zambon ) wrote: "This is the city of Chicago. It's in the state of Illinois. Oshkosh is up there. It's north of here a couple hours. If he's going to Oshkosh, that man is going in the wrong direction," the mayor said. How to Northeastern US pilots get to Oshkosh without a large over-water flight? Is Mayor Daily's geographical knowledge that poor? Or is this another attempt to play off the ignorance of his constituents? -- Peter |
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Well hizzoner did refer to us as the "Piper Cub People."
H. N502TB "Doug Carter" wrote in message ... tony zambon wrote: Was it a political setup? Mayor Daley apparently thinks so. If so you've got to admire the political fortitude of the pilot to risk his Super Cruiser just to embarrass Boss Daley. |
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Doug Carter wrote: tony zambon wrote: Was it a political setup? Mayor Daley apparently thinks so. If so you've got to admire the political fortitude of the pilot to risk his Super Cruiser just to embarrass Boss Daley. What risk? Are you telling me there isn't many patches of space about 500 feet long at Meigs to land a Super Cruiser, which only needs 200 feet to begin with? |
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David Reinhart wrote: I'll tell what's worse. There's a story about the landing on the EAA AirVenture page. They interviewed the pilots after they made it to Oshkosh. The article very plainly states that the pilots *did not know that Meigs was closed*! See: http://www.airventure.org/2003/wedju...s_landing.html I don't know how far back in the Maine woods they live, but I'm still surprised that after all these months that there are *pilots* that don't know what Daley did to Meigs. It may suprise you to know that Chicago is irrelavant to 90% of the pilot population. Just like New York. |
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"tony zambon" wrote in message .com... Meigs landing a setup? Was the second emergency landing in two weeks at Meigs Field more than just a coincidence? Was it a political setup? Mayor Daley apparently thinks so. Daley didn't come right out and say it, but he insinuated that the private pilot from Maine who made an emergency landing at Meigs on Sunday after running into electrical trouble on a flight to Oshkosh, Wis., might have had an ulterior motive: to embarrass the mayor for his March 30 destruction of Meigs Field. "This is the city of Chicago. It's in the state of Illinois. Oshkosh is up there. It's north of here a couple hours. If he's going to Oshkosh, that man is going in the wrong direction," the mayor said. Richard Randall, a 63-year-old pilot from Standish, Maine, suffered an electrical failure, lost radio contact with air traffic controllers and landed his 1946 Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser amid rubble churned up by Daley's demolition. Apparently Mayor Daley is unaware of Lake Michigan. |
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Newps wrote in
news:V0hWa.33716$YN5.28698@sccrnsc01: It may suprise you to know that Chicago is irrelavant to 90% of the pilot population. Just like New York. I beg to differ. Chicago is relevant to at least 30% of New Yorkers! |
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Newps wrote:
What risk? Are you telling me there isn't many patches of space about 500 feet long at Meigs to land a Super Cruiser, which only needs 200 feet to begin with? Of course not. I was referring to the risk that Boss Daley would have the Super Cruiser attacked by a SWAT team armed with flame throwers to protect the city |
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