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1. 04:18 AM - Re: Meigs Closure (Craig Payne)
2. 04:49 AM - Re: Meigs Closure (Brian Lloyd)
3. 06:43 AM - Angel Flight (Janet Davidson)
4. 09:36 AM - just trying to do my part (MFilucci@aol.com)
5. 10:23 AM - Re: just trying to do my part (Ernie)
6. 11:37 AM - instrument rating (MFilucci@aol.com)
7. 11:53 AM - Re: instrument rating (Ernie)
8. 11:58 AM - Re: instrument rating (Brian Lloyd)
9. 01:16 PM - Re: just trying to do my part (Ronald Kalemba)
10. 01:49 PM - Re: just trying to do my part (Craig Payne)
11. 01:49 PM - Re: just trying to do my part (Mike McCoy)
12. 09:06 PM - Re: Meigs Closure (Bob Fitzpatrick)
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| Subject: | Re: Meigs Closure |
--> Yak-List message posted by: Craig Payne <cpayne@mc.net>
I believe that the biggest "friends" Meigs had, were the past two IL
Republican Governors. Gov Edgar, because he liked flying in there and
Gov Ryan, because he knew Daley didn't want it. Things have changed. The
new gov is a Dem and he is not going to fight Daley over this issue.
About five years ago I flew my CJ into CGX for Young Eagles and a "Save
Meigs" rally that Gov Edgar attended. Strange things happened, the power
went out in the washrooms and all 41 (I counted) auto parking spots
outside were completely filled with Chicago police squad cars....and a
few more were patrolling for illegal parkers.
My bet is that the new "Park" will have a Casino nearby.
Craig Payne
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| Subject: | Re: Meigs Closure |
--> Yak-List message posted by: Brian Lloyd <brian@lloyd.com>
Craig Payne wrote:
> About five years ago I flew my CJ into CGX for Young Eagles and a "Save
> Meigs" rally that Gov Edgar attended. Strange things happened, the power
> went out in the washrooms and all 41 (I counted) auto parking spots
> outside were completely filled with Chicago police squad cars....and a
> few more were patrolling for illegal parkers.
>
> My bet is that the new "Park" will have a Casino nearby.
I have always wondered if assasination is a political statement. I know it is
in the Middle East but now that they have exported their brand of terrorism to
here are we included in that part of the game? Do we get to fight back that way
now?
I once read a fun little SF book about a planet that was settled by expats from
Texas. Their constitution had a neat little clause that said that if a citizen
took exception to the works of a politician the citizen was free to call the
politician out in a high-noon-type gunfight. It led to politicians who were
very careful not to infringe on any rights and privileges of their consituency
and who were pretty good with a handgun in a "tactical situation". I remember
thinking, "what a good idea!"
For those who would like to live vicariously it is "Lone Star Planet" by H. Beam
Piper. The book has no sex, some unique philosophical concepts, a whodunit, and
an alien foe that struck me as being taken from the pages of WW-II. (But then
the book was written in the early '60s before we got political correctness.)
Back to Daley-bashing.
--
Brian Lloyd 6501 Red Hook Plaza, Suite 201
brian@lloyd.com St. Thomas, VI 00802
+1.340.998.9447 - voice +1.360.838.9669 - fax
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--> Yak-List message posted by: "Janet Davidson" <gbvfx@hotmail.com>
Hal
Would it be worth contacting EAA directly and asking them to put a request
on the EAA Hotline for volunteers for these flights? I can't see that you
wouldn't get some support there.
Good Luck
Regards
Janet
Ph: 920 232 9238
email: gbvfx@hotmail.com
Time: 11:25:31 AM PST US
From: "Yakjock" <Yakjock@msn.com>
Subject: Yak-List: Transporting wounded Marines by Angel Flight
--> Yak-List message posted by: "Yakjock" <Yakjock@msn.com>
Greetings to all:
Many of you know that I am active with Angel Flight West, an
organization of private
pilots that provides free air transport for "compelling humanitarian
needs".
With the return of wounded soldiers from Iraq we have found a new need.
Many of the returning wounded would like to spend time at home but can't
afford
the trip, and the government does not provide funds for this. Angel
Flight
West (the eleven Western States) has stepped in to help provide
transport home
and back for wounded Marines stationed at Camp Pendleton. The letter
below
is from Cheri Cimmarusti, AFW's chief coordinator in Santa Monica, CA.
We have these requests for help in getting wounded Marines home...
please let me
know if you can help either on an AF mission or by donating commercial
frequent
flier miles... We will be getting more of these requests in as the
wounded
keep returning... I have printed all of your former responses... but if
you see
something you can do... please let me know. Please know how appreciative
these
kids (and most of them ARE kids!) are. We had lunch with one in Santa
Monica
on Friday... and it was so amazing!
Cpl McC**** - 4/22 Columbus, Ohio
Shrapnel to left side of body.
PFC Peter G****** - wants to go to Puerto Rico, but can get there if we
can get
him to FL
Injury unknown
Lt. Tavis McN***** - 4/22 - Medford, Or
Shrapnel wound to face
We can do this in one hop or relay - let me know what you can do
Cpl Dawani K***** - approx one week - Tulsa, OK
Amputation left hand
Thanks for all you can do...
If you wish to help in some way you can contact AFW at their website
http://www.angelflight.org/ . I'll check to see what other AF
organizations are doing for the military in other parts of the country,
or you can check it out yourself.
For those of you that also fly certificated spam cans and want to use
them for
a good cause, check out the Angel Flight in your area.
Thanks for bearing with me. I thought you'd like to know that for those
of us
who fly these special airplanes there's a way we can help the living as
well as
honoring those who have died for us with our missing man formations.
Hal Morley
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| Subject: | just trying to do my part |
--> Yak-List message posted by: MFilucci@aol.com
Dear Boston Globe Editor:
As a citizen who shares your concern for protecting the security of Boston
and all the other major metropolitan centers of our proud country, I want to
commend you on your enthusiasm for attacking the problem of the terrorist
threat. Unfortunately, I fear that your efforts are misdirected. I would like
to recruit you and all the resources at your command to combat terrorism
where we are most vulnerable. If we examine the methodology of terrorists
over the last few decades we find that, by far, the weapon of choice has been
the car bomb or truck bomb. One has only to look at the death and destruction
rendered by the car/truck bombs detonated at the Marine barracks in Beirut
and, more recently, in Bali to realize the magnitude of the problem. These
bombings are only two devastating examples of the hundreds of car/truck bombs
that have been detonated worldwide, killing thousands. Interestingly enough,
terrorists have never used a general aviation aircraft in an attack, and with
good reason-a GA aircraft does not have nearly the cubic capacity of the
average family minivan and certainly not the volume of a tractor-trailer.
Further, it does not take any special skill to "pilot" an automobile. To make
matters worse, while GA aircraft number just a little over two hundred
thousand, automobiles and trucks number in the tens of millions. It is time
for a call to action! We must move to immediately ban all cars and trucks
from all the major metropolitan centers throughout the United States. Boston
can be the first establish these protective measures and set the standard for
all to follow. I propose we establish an agency within each metro area to
focus resources on keeping these potentially lethal motor vehicles out. In
Boston, the new agency, the Boston Uniformed Terrorist Trackers (BUTT) would
act to shield our urban dwellers from this known, deadly, and currently
employed threat. Based on your enthusiasm for protecting the populace of this
great city, I feel it only fitting that you be appointed to head up the BUTT.
There is even an appropriate motto to rally the BUTT: "A coward dies a
thousand deaths, a hero dies but once."
Most respectfully,
Mike Filucci
Concerned citizen
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| Subject: | Re: just trying to do my part |
--> Yak-List message posted by: "Ernie" <ernest.martinez@oracle.com>
Outstanding :)
Ernie
P.S. I am proud to announce that this past Sat I passed my checkride and I
am now an instrument rated pilot. Onwards to the commercial ticket.
----- Original Message -----
From: <MFilucci@aol.com>
Subject: Yak-List: just trying to do my part
> --> Yak-List message posted by: MFilucci@aol.com
>
> Dear Boston Globe Editor:
>
> As a citizen who shares your concern for protecting the security of Boston
> and all the other major metropolitan centers of our proud country, I want
to
> commend you on your enthusiasm for attacking the problem of the terrorist
> threat. Unfortunately, I fear that your efforts are misdirected. I would
like
> to recruit you and all the resources at your command to combat terrorism
> where we are most vulnerable. If we examine the methodology of terrorists
> over the last few decades we find that, by far, the weapon of choice has
been
> the car bomb or truck bomb. One has only to look at the death and
destruction
> rendered by the car/truck bombs detonated at the Marine barracks in Beirut
> and, more recently, in Bali to realize the magnitude of the problem. These
> bombings are only two devastating examples of the hundreds of car/truck
bombs
> that have been detonated worldwide, killing thousands. Interestingly
enough,
> terrorists have never used a general aviation aircraft in an attack, and
with
> good reason-a GA aircraft does not have nearly the cubic capacity of the
> average family minivan and certainly not the volume of a tractor-trailer.
> Further, it does not take any special skill to "pilot" an automobile. To
make
> matters worse, while GA aircraft number just a little over two hundred
> thousand, automobiles and trucks number in the tens of millions. It is
time
> for a call to action! We must move to immediately ban all cars and trucks
> from all the major metropolitan centers throughout the United States.
Boston
> can be the first establish these protective measures and set the standard
for
> all to follow. I propose we establish an agency within each metro area to
> focus resources on keeping these potentially lethal motor vehicles out. In
> Boston, the new agency, the Boston Uniformed Terrorist Trackers (BUTT)
would
> act to shield our urban dwellers from this known, deadly, and currently
> employed threat. Based on your enthusiasm for protecting the populace of
this
> great city, I feel it only fitting that you be appointed to head up the
BUTT.
> There is even an appropriate motto to rally the BUTT: "A coward dies a
> thousand deaths, a hero dies but once."
>
> Most respectfully,
>
> Mike Filucci
> Concerned citizen
>
>
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| Subject: | instrument rating |
--> Yak-List message posted by: MFilucci@aol.com
In a message dated 4/22/03 10:27:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
ernest.martinez@oracle.com writes:
> I am proud to announce that this past Sat I passed my checkride and I
> am now an instrument rated pilot. Onwards to the commercial ticket.
>
Ernie,
Congrats, but where are you going to fly instruments for crying out
loud--it's always sunny and warm around Leeward?
Mike
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| Subject: | Re: instrument rating |
--> Yak-List message posted by: "Ernie" <ernest.martinez@oracle.com>
Thanks
I'm not going near a cloud until I have about 100hrs of dual in IMC! The
main reason I got it was because my written test was going to expire this
month and I never want to take that again. Plus I needed the rating to get
my ETR (LOA) in the jet. The FAA has differentiated between straight wing
and swept wing jets and have relaxed the minimum pilot qualifications to 500
TT, but they added an instrument ticket as a requirement.
Now I just need to install my 430 in my planes.
Ernie
----- Original Message -----
From: <MFilucci@aol.com>
Subject: Yak-List: instrument rating
> --> Yak-List message posted by: MFilucci@aol.com
>
> In a message dated 4/22/03 10:27:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> ernest.martinez@oracle.com writes:
>
>
> > I am proud to announce that this past Sat I passed my checkride and I
> > am now an instrument rated pilot. Onwards to the commercial ticket.
> >
>
> Ernie,
>
> Congrats, but where are you going to fly instruments for crying out
> loud--it's always sunny and warm around Leeward?
>
> Mike
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: instrument rating |
--> Yak-List message posted by: Brian Lloyd <brian@lloyd.com>
MFilucci@aol.com wrote:
> Ernie,
>
> Congrats, but where are you going to fly instruments for crying out
> loud--it's always sunny and warm around Leeward?
He needs it to fly his kerosene room heater above 180.
--
Brian Lloyd 6501 Red Hook Plaza, Suite 201
brian@lloyd.com St. Thomas, VI 00802
+1.340.998.9447 - voice +1.360.838.9669 - fax
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| Subject: | Re: just trying to do my part |
--> Yak-List message posted by: Ronald Kalemba <emu21@sbcglobal.net>
Mike,That was great!! Tell it like it is.Ron (EMU21)
MFilucci@aol.com wrote:--> Yak-List message posted by: MFilucci@aol.com
Dear Boston Globe Editor:
As a citizen who shares your concern for protecting the security of Boston
and all the other major metropolitan centers of our proud country, I want to
commend you on your enthusiasm for attacking the problem of the terrorist
threat. Unfortunately, I fear that your efforts are misdirected. I would like
to recruit you and all the resources at your command to combat terrorism
where we are most vulnerable. If we examine the methodology of terrorists
over the last few decades we find that, by far, the weapon of choice has been
the car bomb or truck bomb. One has only to look at the death and destruction
rendered by the car/truck bombs detonated at the Marine barracks in Beirut
and, more recently, in Bali to realize the magnitude of the problem. These
bombings are only two devastating examples of the hundreds of car/truck bombs
that have been detonated worldwide, killing thousands. Interestingly enough,
terrorists have never used a general aviation aircraft in an attack, and with
good reason-a GA aircraft does not have nearly the cubic capacity of the
average family minivan and certainly not the volume of a tractor-trailer.
Further, it does not take any special skill to "pilot" an automobile. To make
matters worse, while GA aircraft number just a little over two hundred
thousand, automobiles and trucks number in the tens of millions. It is time
for a call to action! We must move to immediately ban all cars and trucks
from all the major metropolitan centers throughout the United States. Boston
can be the first establish these protective measures and set the standard for
all to follow. I propose we establish an agency within each metro area to
focus resources on keeping these potentially lethal motor vehicles out. In
Boston, the new agency, the Boston Uniformed Terrorist Trackers (BUTT) would
act to shield our urban dwellers from this known, deadly, and currently
employed threat. Based on your enthusiasm for protecting the populace of this
great city, I feel it only fitting that you be appointed to head up the BUTT.
There is even an appropriate motto to rally the BUTT: "A coward dies a
thousand deaths, a hero dies but once."
Most respectfully,
Mike Filucci
Concerned citizen
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| Subject: | Re: just trying to do my part |
--> Yak-List message posted by: Craig Payne <cpayne@mc.net>
Well Alrighty! From the "Big Head" to the "BUTT Head"; hope your
schedule doesn't take you into Logan too often, the same sort of strange
things that happen in Chicago could reach out and touch you.
Craig Payne
PS: for the Unitiated, "Big Head" is the title proffered upon Mike by
the Nanchang factory delegation. So what do they know that we don't?
MFilucci@aol.com wrote:
>.. Based on your enthusiasm for protecting the populace of this
> great city, I feel it only fitting that you be appointed to head up the BUTT.
> There is even an appropriate motto to rally the BUTT: "A coward dies a
> thousand deaths, a hero dies but once."
>
> Most respectfully,
>
> Mike Filucci
> Concerned citizen
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| Subject: | Re: just trying to do my part |
--> Yak-List message posted by: "Mike McCoy" <mike@aircraftsales.com>
Gee Mike,
Thanks ALOT! I suppose now I'll have to sell my truck!
Mike (truckless) McCoy
> If we examine the methodology of terrorists
> > over the last few decades we find that, by far, the weapon of choice has
> been
> > the car bomb or truck bomb. One has only to look at the death and
> destruction
> > rendered by the car/truck bombs detonated at the Marine barracks in
Beirut
> > and, more recently, in Bali to realize the magnitude of the problem.
These
> > bombings are only two devastating examples of the hundreds of car/truck
> bombs
> > that have been detonated worldwide, killing thousands.
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| Subject: | Re: Meigs Closure |
--> Yak-List message posted by: "Bob Fitzpatrick" <rmfitz@direcway.com>
I have lived my life about 50 mi south of Chicago and the city has been a
great influence. As a kid I went to it's museums and parks, the
Amphitheater(gone) and even watched little airplanes operate out of Meigs.
It was a dream to someday do that myself, and I did. When my first-born
needed surgery it was Chicago's Children's Memorial that did the job.(She is
now grown and lives in Chicago). Breaking these ties will be tough but we're
doing it.
There is nothing in Chicago that I have to go to.
There are other parks and places of interest and businesses to deal with.
My daughter can come here to visit. (She does)
We can make air connections out of Bloomington (done that).
If we need a hospital bad enough we can fly to Mayo's, assuming the mayor
of Rochester hasn't destroyed the airport.
Why? For the same reason our leaders saw fit to re-name "French Fries" in
our capital and people dumped French wine, for the same reason we can't buy
Cuban cigars, for the same reason we boycott the enemies of our country. If
we are serious about opposing tyrants and terrorists then we should start
here.
Sure, Daley isn't going to care any more about our actions than he does
about the law but at least we can express ourselves .When we refuse to buy
from Chicago companies, when our teenage kids don't go on field trips to
lawless places, when travel agents know we won't accept bookings through
O'Hare, people will know there are some among us who will not support
domestic terrorism, Daley-style. It is a non-violent step, which is a step
above Daley tactics.
Bob (flyin again) Fitzpatrick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Payne" <cpayne@mc.net>
Subject: Re: Yak-List: Meigs Closure
> --> Yak-List message posted by: Craig Payne <cpayne@mc.net>
>
> I believe that the biggest "friends" Meigs had, were the past two IL
> Republican Governors. Gov Edgar, because he liked flying in there and
> Gov Ryan, because he knew Daley didn't want it. Things have changed. The
> new gov is a Dem and he is not going to fight Daley over this issue.
>
> About five years ago I flew my CJ into CGX for Young Eagles and a "Save
> Meigs" rally that Gov Edgar attended. Strange things happened, the power
> went out in the washrooms and all 41 (I counted) auto parking spots
> outside were completely filled with Chicago police squad cars....and a
> few more were patrolling for illegal parkers.
>
> My bet is that the new "Park" will have a Casino nearby.
>
> Craig Payne
>
>
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