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December 01, 2011

Maggie Daley's Meigs Makeover Unfinished

Former First Lady Laid To Rest While Northerly Island Languishes

The city of Chicago at a Monday memorial service said their goodbyes to former First Lady Maggie Daley, and while she's being remembered for her charitable achievements and courage in the face of breast cancer, there is at least one of her projects which has yet to be completed - the redevelopment of Northerly Island, the former home of Meigs Field. The job was given her by her husband, former Mayor Richard Daley.

Aero-TV: CMC Esterline Upgrades -- The SmartDeck Gets Smarter

So... What's The Next Major Glass Panel Offering???: SmartDeck Could Be It

We're big fans of innovation... especially when that innovation means that one's flying could potentially become easier, safer and more methodical than ever before. A number of companies are on the right track in their pursuit of building the next generation of glass panels... but few of those programs impressed us as much as the SmartDeck program now under the direction and development of CMC Esterline.

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CAP Looks To Honor ‘Unsung Heroes’

Of 61,000 WWII Volunteers, Only A Few Hundred Remain

Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is observing 70 years of vigilant service. But CAP says its celebration won’t be complete until CAP’s earliest members – now in their eighties and nineties – are “rightly honored” with the Congressional Gold Medal.

Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Blowing snow is wind-driven snow that reduces surface visibility.

National Aviation Trial Lawyers Association

The National Aviation Trial Lawyers is a professional and trade association of trial attorneys representing injury victims and consumer plaintiffs in claims involving aviation-related injuries.