Blue Angels - Another point of view

Shortly before noon, I went to the kitchen and made lunch, then brought it
out to the living room and placed it on the coffee table.

I always eat lunch in the living room so I can watch the reruns of Law &
Order, one of my favorite shows.

As I ate and watched Law & Order, from time to time I would turn my head and
look out my living room window and watch the Blue Angels practice for the
Chicago Air and Water Show, perhaps a mile and a half from where I was
sitting.

There are days when living on the Chicago Lakefront is worth every penny of
the ridiculous rent I pay to live here.

Today is definitely one of them...

I'd have been riveted to the window.

Bill Denton wrote, "... As I ate [lunch] and watched Law & Order, from time
to time I would turn my head and look out my living room window and watch
the Blue Angels practice for the Chicago Air and Water Show, perhaps a mile
and a half from where I was sitting."

There are days when living on the Chicago Lakefront is worth every penny
of
the ridiculous rent I pay to live here.

Too bad the Blues (and all the other airshow acts) wouldn't boycott
Chicago's big airshow.

If these groups had stood behind Meigs last year by refusing to perform, the
negative publicity and outcry from the public could have driven King Daley
to either re-open Meigs -- or to resign.

Now, alas, it's far too late.

Enjoy.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Bill Denton" wrote in message
...
Shortly before noon, I went to the kitchen and made lunch, then brought it
out to the living room and placed it on the coffee table.

I always eat lunch in the living room so I can watch the reruns of Law &
Order, one of my favorite shows.

As I ate and watched Law & Order, from time to time I would turn my head
and
look out my living room window and watch the Blue Angels practice for the
Chicago Air and Water Show, perhaps a mile and a half from where I was
sitting.

There are days when living on the Chicago Lakefront is worth every penny
of
the ridiculous rent I pay to live here.

Today is definitely one of them...



speaking of blue angles, saw this in todays sun times. i didnt realize the
angles were flying the aurora .
http://www.suntimes.com/output/sox/cst-spt-ssep19.html

tony zambon
grumman 9941L

Unfortunately, it wouldn't have made any difference...

Maggie Daley wanted a park.

Mayor Daley is pussy-whipped.

Mayor Daley is also King.

Maggie's got her damned park.

Wonder if she's even set foot in it?






"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
newsI7Vc.1351$9d6.696@attbi_s54...
There are days when living on the Chicago Lakefront is worth every penny
of
the ridiculous rent I pay to live here.

Too bad the Blues (and all the other airshow acts) wouldn't boycott
Chicago's big airshow.

If these groups had stood behind Meigs last year by refusing to perform,
the
negative publicity and outcry from the public could have driven King Daley
to either re-open Meigs -- or to resign.

Now, alas, it's far too late.

Enjoy.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Considering that the FAA just reduced the number of flight operations at
O'Hare because of congestion, Daley's constituents should be screaming about
his closing a reliever airport.

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)

I don't have to like Bush and Cheney (Or Kerry, for that matter) to love
America

"Bill Denton" wrote in message
...
Unfortunately, it wouldn't have made any difference...

Maggie Daley wanted a park.

Mayor Daley is pussy-whipped.

Mayor Daley is also King.

Maggie's got her damned park.

Wonder if she's even set foot in it?






"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
newsI7Vc.1351$9d6.696@attbi_s54...
There are days when living on the Chicago Lakefront is worth every
penny
of
the ridiculous rent I pay to live here.

Too bad the Blues (and all the other airshow acts) wouldn't boycott
Chicago's big airshow.

If these groups had stood behind Meigs last year by refusing to perform,
the
negative publicity and outcry from the public could have driven King
Daley
to either re-open Meigs -- or to resign.

Now, alas, it's far too late.

Enjoy.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Bob Chilcoat wrote:

Considering that the FAA just reduced the number of flight operations at
O'Hare because of congestion, Daley's constituents should be screaming
about his closing a reliever airport.

In Chicago, the dead can vote. Can they scream?

- Andrew

In Chicago, the dead can vote. Can they scream?

Sounds like a voice-over on the trailer of a B-grade hatchet movie...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

In Chicago, the dead can vote. Can they scream?

Sounds like a voice-over on the trailer of a B-grade hatchet movie...

After I wrote that question, I'd a similar thought. Except instead of
hatchets, we'd use bulldozers (the weapon of choice for Chicago mahem these
days).

- Andrew

tony zambon wrote:

speaking of blue angles, saw this in todays sun times. i didnt realize the
angles were flying the aurora .
http://www.suntimes.com/output/sox/cst-spt-ssep19.html

tony zambon
grumman 9941L

I laughed so hard! Thank you!

""The experience I'm having now some four hours later, I still have a
little bit of a headache,'' Williams said. "I think he got up to about
Mach 6. The G forces against your body are just ... I'm sorry, I just
don't have the words to adequately express the feeling of awe and the
power and the skill of the pilot.''

Williams earned a badge of honor from his pilot, but it was nothing
tangible like a gold star or pin-on wings. The fact that he didn't vomit
while doing maneuvers at six times the speed of sound earned a thumbs-up"

Happy Flying,

Randy Wentzel
PPSEL KSTS, Santa Rosa, CA