> .....Didn't he use the T word as justification? Oddly, with no airport > in > the area, use of the airspace would be much LESS restricted... > > And I won't even hazard a guess at the economic damage blowing the > airport (with all the associated businesses) away did... Well maybe an > order-of-magnitude... I'll go with 7.5 to 8 per year.... > I guess T must mean traffic. The traffic pattern was over water so there was no safety problem. And the close-in access to Chicago's financial and business center was very important but of no concern to him.
And because the FAA had pumped a lot of Federal money into the facility, they then have by Federal statute a controlling say in what goes on there. But since Mr. Mayor is part of the Illinois political machine, the whole business seems to have faded away. RLE _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
