I was one of the pilots there with my Lancair IVP. After several days of the FAA making some sort of decision to be able to fly off the taxiway heading south only, the pilots were cleared to fly out and the gracious workers of Chicago moved the parked trucks along the taxiway. However the wind changed directions from the north. Can’t fly out that way, because there were light poles that would be obstructions. The pilots convinced the FAA to reduce the “runway” length so that that obstacle clearance was acceptable to the FAA.
I was the last one out as I had business to attend to in San Diego. They caught me just as I was boarding a commercial flight out and had a limo drive me back to fly out of Meigs.
The pilots also had the option of having the City of Chicago pay to have your plane loaded on a barge and delivered to Gary, Indiana, I believe, where you could fly out.
It is my belief that they waited until no jets or planes that could not fly off the taxiway were parked at the airport.
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From: Dico Reijers [mailto:dico@internetworks.ca]
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 5:11 AM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: Meigs Field History question
Hi All,
I was reading up about Meigs Field in the latest AOPA magazine and it mentioned that 16 aircraft were stranded after they dug up the runways. How did they get them out? Did they take off on the taxi-ways?
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