727 Landing Meigs Field, Chicago Museum Science and Industry

Boeing-727 crew Captain: B C Thomas, First Officer: Bill Loewe, Second Officer: Greg Hammes, October 15, 1992. The aircraft landed at Meigs Field, Chicago to be an exhibit for the Museum of Science and Industry. The

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[aisteroman]

whats that at 0:42 ?

[bcthomas2h90]

@aisteroman It was a helicopter.

[uriahms]

Does anyone know the airport of orgin for this flight?

[bcthomas2h90]

@uriahms The aircraft departed from O'Hare International in Chicago. We had to loiter over Lake Michigan for about 45 minutes for clearance to Meigs Field.

[AceNinja2112]

@bcthomas2h90 How many feet of runway did you use up during the landing?

[bcthomas2h90]

@AceNinja2112 About 2,000 feet of runway. I turned off at the mid-field taxiway.

[ataramprat]

Does anyone else notice how much more professional and less sensationalistic the media was just 16 years ago? Today they would be shouting at us through the television and showing countless "what if" crash scenarios and acting as if they are aviation experts instead of news reporters. Ah, the good old days!

[avi8tor4fn]

Today Meigs Field is closed because of a sensationalistic mayor who claimed the city was endangered by the aircraft that used this wonderful airport. Other cities would die to have an airport located out in the water but so close to the city.

[expalman]

Excellent collection of videos, excellent short field landing.

The 727 was the fastest commercial aircraft when it was introduced in 1964, only to be outdone by the 747. Since it was so fast, I understand there was additional engineering in the wing and flap design.

I took a 727 many times on Reeves Aluetian Airline from Anchorage to Amchitka in the early 1990s. Incredible aircraft.

[AccessDenied55]

Ive been in this plane atleast 30 times

[torrid426]

ZJ sent me.

[holycrapifoundthem]

The completely flat response of the pilot (uploader too, it'd seem) when asked how he practiced was awesome. "Uh, I'm type-rated on the 727, the aircraft is technically quite capable of doing this, so we did".

RIP Meigs.

[den2003]

Wow! That was a little harsh! Lol What was the rate of descent? It seemed like it hit something at the back?

But...wow! Landing at Meigs with such a big plane! What a feat!

[continentalb737800]

Ive been in that airplane

[JoshHartNow]

0:20 looks like the guy from Ghostbusters

[RainbowManification]

@HamburgAirport Its a park. Mayor Daley had bulldozers dig big X's in the runway in the middle of the night on March 31, 2003 making it impossible to takeoff or land, the FAA fined Chicago $33,000 for doing this without authorization. His cited reason was anti-terrorism, in reality by forcefully closing the airport he made terrorism easier because aircraft could fly closer to downtown Chicago without radio contact.