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Small plane makes emergency landing on Chicago expressway
(Reuters) - A pilot of a small plane was forced to make an emergency landing early on Sunday on a busy Chicago expressway that skirts Lake Michigan after waiting for a gap in the traffic, authorities said. (www.reuters.com) Mais...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I think he could have made it because the map I looked at shows that Meigs
Appears to be only a mile or so away.
Appears to be only a mile or so away.
Just because it's only a "mile or so away" doesn't mean he would have made it. Air speed and altitude will determine that. Sullenberger was only a short distance from TEB but he determined he would come up short and put his airplane in the Hudson River.
What a great field Meigs was. I loved flying in there at sunset. The beautiful skyline of Chicago. The only downside was the wave coming off of McCormack Place with a strong West wind and landing North.
Be thankful Ray. I remember a few that ended up in the Lake.
When the interstates were built around 1959 they were designed to land a B707. Not a new idea.
make it to LSD he could have made it to Merrill C. Meigs Field,
if only it were still there, which was my original point.