May 26, 201610 yr Hello everyone... I'm back, this time in the windy city. 525A Citation CJ2 on final - Meigs Field [KCGX]. N68FF [KCGX] by Grady Evrard, on Flickr 525A Citation CJ2 stopover - Meigs Field [KCGX]. Meigs Field by Grady Evrard, on Flickr 525A Citation CJ2 - Meigs Field [KCGX]. N68FF [KCGX] by Grady Evrard, on Flickr 525A Citation CJ2 sunrise - Meigs Field [KCGX]. N68FF [KCGX] by Grady Evrard, on Flickr 525A Citation CJ2 - Chicago Skyline. N68FF [KCGX] by Grady Evrard, on Flickr 525A Citation CJ2 - enroute to [KBUF]. N68FF by Grady Evrard, on Flickr Grady Evrard.
May 27, 201610 yr One of Aviation's Gems....Gone but NEVER Forgotten. 100%75%50%d8a34be0e82d98b5a45ff4336cd0dddc Patrick
May 27, 201610 yr Author Great shots! Thank you! One of Aviation's Gems....Gone but NEVER Forgotten. Very true, I often wonder what it would be like today - possibly a small regional base, who knows. Such a shame. Grady Evrard.
May 27, 201610 yr Will it ever get re-opened? Nice shots. I reckon that any simmer familiar with MS flight sims knows where Meigs is and has used it! Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
May 27, 201610 yr Really great shots! I got my license back in 1994 at KUGN and I count myself extremely lucky to have a couple of log book entries for landing at KCGX. The day Daley tore up that runway, I cried...Thanks for the post! Mike McWilliams Asus Rog Crosshair X670E Hero motherboard, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3d CPU, Gigabyte Geforce RTX 4080 super video card, G.Skill TridentZDDR5 64gb SDRAM, 3 Samsung NVMe SSD 980 2TB SSDs
May 28, 201610 yr Author Many thanks for your comments - I will be posting screenshots here more often. Will it ever get re-opened? Nice shots. I reckon that any simmer familiar with MS flight sims knows where Meigs is and has used it! Thank you. If only, there's a huge lake / stream running through it now - I think it's set to open as a park if it hasn't already. Ah yes, fond memories of being dropped there for a quick takeoff. Really great shots! I got my license back in 1994 at KUGN and I count myself extremely lucky to have a couple of log book entries for landing at KCGX. The day Daley tore up that runway, I cried...Thanks for the post! Thanks Mike. Sitting here rather envious now, I used to follow a site called Friends of Meigs which you might find interesting, unfortunately it's not updated anymore. Grady Evrard.
May 28, 201610 yr Many thanks for your comments - I will be posting screenshots here more often. Thank you. If only, there's a huge lake / stream running through it now - I think it's set to open as a park if it hasn't already. Ah yes, fond memories of being dropped there for a quick takeoff. Thanks Mike. Sitting here rather envious now, I used to follow a site called Friends of Meigs which you might find interesting, unfortunately it's not updated anymore. Grady Evrard. Yea, by the time the runway was destroyed by Daley, I was already living in Atlanta and I felt very frustrated and helpless. I remember this sight and you can see every once in a while there is a little article that expresses a glimmer of hope that the airport will reopen, but I don't think it will ever happen. Probably why there hasn't been any updates. I started "playing" flight simulator from the very early days, that fueled a passion to get a license, and once I felt I had my proficiency where it needed to be (cross winds at Meigs could be tricky) I headed south! I made a copy of my log book entry for July 6, 1996, almost 20 years ago and I remember it like yesterday! Mike McWilliams Asus Rog Crosshair X670E Hero motherboard, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3d CPU, Gigabyte Geforce RTX 4080 super video card, G.Skill TridentZDDR5 64gb SDRAM, 3 Samsung NVMe SSD 980 2TB SSDs
May 28, 201610 yr WOW Mike...Very Cool :smile: Thanks Patrick. I just noticed too...That flight to Meigs was my last in the Chicago area. I moved to upstate NY in 98 and my next log entry is from a small airport in Fulton NY. I went up with an instructor for a check ride and he was amazed that I was flying so well after such a long break. I attributed that to my time with flight simulator, which I've never stopped using! Mike McWilliams Asus Rog Crosshair X670E Hero motherboard, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3d CPU, Gigabyte Geforce RTX 4080 super video card, G.Skill TridentZDDR5 64gb SDRAM, 3 Samsung NVMe SSD 980 2TB SSDs
June 4, 20169 yr Author Yea, by the time the runway was destroyed by Daley, I was already living in Atlanta and I felt very frustrated and helpless. I remember this sight and you can see every once in a while there is a little article that expresses a glimmer of hope that the airport will reopen, but I don't think it will ever happen. Probably why there hasn't been any updates. I started "playing" flight simulator from the very early days, that fueled a passion to get a license, and once I felt I had my proficiency where it needed to be (cross winds at Meigs could be tricky) I headed south! I made a copy of my log book entry for July 6, 1996, almost 20 years ago and I remember it like yesterday! Very very cool Mike, that's a piece of history right there! Great looking Chicago skyline....love those! HLJAMES Thank you :smile:
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