Date: Sunday, February 24th, 2002
Time: 3pm EST (2000Z)
ID | Elevation | Latitude | Longitude | ATIS Freq. |
KCGX | +593 | N41° 51.53' | W87° 36.45' | 127.35 |
Runway | Length | Surface | ILS/LOC Freq. | ILS ID |
18 | 3899 | Concrete | ****** | **** |
36 | 3899 | Concrete | ****** | **** |
The destination for the SimPilot Forum's first Flight Rally is Merrill C. Meigs in Chicago, Illinois USA! This destination for the forum's first Flight Rally seemed quite fitting, since it was the first thing that almost all SimPilots saw when they took their very first virtual flight.
To the dismay of all of it's fans, followers, and SimPilots all over the world,
this small airport was destined to be closed later this year. At a joint
press conference on December 5, 2001, Illinois Governor Ryan and Chicago
Mayor Richard Daley announced a comprehensive agreement on airport capacity
for the Chicago region, a plan that includes keeping Meigs Field open for
4 to 24 or more years!
There is scenery for this airport in almost every known flight simulator program ranging from Microsoft's "Flight Simulator" 1.0 to 2002, subLogic's "Flight" and "Flight Light", subLogic's "Airline Transport Pilot", Nomissoft's "Airline Simulator 2", and even a little known obscure simulator by subLogic called "UFO". The scenery is also included in subLogic's "USA East" and "Scenery Disk 9" scenery packs.
Because of the relatively short length of the runway at Meigs, you may want to arrive at Chicago O'Hare International Airport (KORD) if you plan on flying one of the big irons. Then simply hop in your smaller aircraft of choice and zip on over to Meigs!
Download the file KCGXKORD.GIF in Files Section 3 (Navigation) for an aeronautical chart of the area, and MEIGPICS.ZIP in Files Section 4 (FS General/Previews) for several nice real-world and flight simulator pictures of the airport.
Please join us on Sunday, February 24th for the first SimPilot Forum Flight Rally, and make sure to visit Conference Room 5 (Fly Online/FS Rallies) after your flight to let us know all about it!
Download RALLIES.TXT or RALLIES.HTM from Files Section 11 (Fly Online/FS Rallies) for detailed information on the SimPilot Forum Flight Rallies. If you need any further info or help be sure to post a message in Message Section 11 (Fly Online/FS Rallies). We'll be looking forward to seeing you there!
Rich „Weeds„ Nagel
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