I was looking at the history of Meigs and thought it was rather outrageous the way it was closed down. But i was wondering what was the biggest ever aircraft to land there and also what was the level of operations from the airport over the years i.e. scheduled services etc.
Thanks for any info you can give
By: Whiskey Delta - 5th December 2006 at 02:46
I hadn’t heard that a 727 landed at Meigs before. Is there any documentation regarding the event?
By: bmi-star - 4th December 2006 at 22:08
727 wasnt it. for a museum.???
It was indeed. I’ve been inside her twice, where you can only look into the cockpit, but you can sit in the seats of the old cabin, where there’s IFE :p
http://www1.airliners.net/open.file/1085374/M/
That’s how she looks, great exibit!
By: Oasis747 - 4th December 2006 at 22:02
what was the biggest ever aircraft to land there
727 wasnt it. for a museum.???
By: bmi-star - 4th December 2006 at 22:00
A United 727-100 was the biggest aircraft to land there, and its now hanging off the celing in the superb Museum of Science and Industry in South Chicago.
There was no scheduled services, as it was a GA airfield
Visit http://friendsofmeigs.org/ for more info
Hope that helps, sadly i’ve visited it as an operational field, and i went to it this summer, to see its sad demise 🙁
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December 4, 2006 at 9:11 pm