Flying Into Chicago-Midway

Just can't resist posting a few more snapshots. I was lucky enough to get an approach to Runway 22L at Chicago-Midway airport, so I got to do a nice flyby of the Loop en route.

Here is a view toward the south of the lakefront. Notice Soldier Field and the Adler Planetarium as well. The peninsula is the site of the former Meigs Field, a small airport that had been used primarily for corporate aviation interests in the Loop. It was also notable for being the default starting point for aircraft in the original Flight Simulator game, over 20 years ago. Mayor Daley had the airport razed and turned into a park in 2003:



Here is the Sears Tower, currently the tallest building in the U.S. At one time, it was also the tallest building in the world:



The perspective here is pretty cool -- almost makes it look like we are going to fly right into the antennae, doesn't it? Actually, the plane is about a thousand feet above them.