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.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"This is yet another insult. Our 400,000 members know this airport wasn't abandoned. Meigs Field was willfully destroyed by elected officials using public monies that were intended for airport construction, not destruction. We're analyzing the city's brief to determine if there is an appropriate legal response from AOPA. But it's clear that the city is once again engaging in revisionist history and justification."

Source: AOPA President Phil Boyer reacting to a brief to the FAA filed by the city of Chicago. The 40-page document says Chicago indeed used airport funds for both Midway and O'Hare to complete the demolition of Meigs field that Mayor Richard Daley started under cover of darkness because the ripped up strip had been "abandoned."

FMI: www.aopa.org