Second Time In Just Two Weeks...

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