Posted on 10/01/2014 11:21:49 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
When President Obama arrives on Wednesday evening, Air Force One will touch down at Gary-Chicago International airport, rather than the usual O’Hare International Airport.
Officials confirmed the president’s itinerary on Tuesday afternoon. The president won’t be in Gary for long, however.
The plans to land on the 7,000-foot runway in Gary comes just a few days after the air control center in Aurora was sabotaged last Friday by a fire, crippling airline traffic at both O’Hare and Midway.
The White House doesn’t want to cause any additional complications with an Air Force One landing.
“The President will be flying into Gary, Indiana rather than O’Hare or Midway to allow air traffic control to maximize efficiency in the airspace,” a White House official said.
Obama will arrive on Wednesday evening and take the Marine One helicopter into Chicago, where he will stay overnight.
On Thursday, he will attend a campaign event with Gov. Pat Quinn and then give a speech about the economy at Northwestern University in Evanston. The president will depart from the Gary airport on Thursday afternoon.
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2. Please let there be wind!
Gary has an airport?
“Obama will arrive on Wednesday evening and take the Marine One helicopter into Chicago, where he will stay overnight.”
Any bets that he actually stays at his House?
Note to Obama: Michael Jackson doesn’t live there any more. No chance of a photo opportunity.
That's because it's too dangerous to drive through Gary after 50 years of Democrat “leadership”
Someone with knowledge of such please advise us that this is all for show and won’t make a bit of difference.
Maybe Obama is a big Michael Jackson fan, and wants to visit the home of the Jackson 5. Check another spot off his bucket list. First Stonehenge, now Gary, Ind.
Interesting. He’s giving the speech to students at the business school. Strange that a socialist would want to speak at a business school.
It can be seen when you take "The Skyway" to Chicago. From what I can see, it is a nice Airport. the Blue Angels / T-Birds us it when they do the Chicago Lakeshore Airshow.
Used to? When did it change?
..but I'm sure he has more important things on his agenda.
Well I have not been there in at least 30 years, so.....
Actually, Gary is probably a better choice. It’s closer to downtown Chicago than O’Hare. I don’t know why it hasn’t been done before.
“Gary has an airport?”
Gary Airport is actually good-sized, and has a decent terminal. Over the years, I have taken a few commercial flights in and out of there.
It has been a political football for decades, though, with Chicago and Illinois pols fighting every attempt to make it a viable commercial passenger airport. Too many political crony favors to buy, by making remote Peotone the third Chicago Airport, instead.
The biggest problem all along has been direct highway access to I-90/The Chicago Skyway, which sits just south of the airport, (that Mitch Daniels was finally able to get done), and extending the runway to enable west coast flights.
Railroad tracks that blocked any runway expansion were controlled by the city of Chicago, and used to prevent expansion, but were sold a few years ago, and a relocation project for them is almost finished.
The Runway Project has faced several delays though, because the area where it is going was used as an illegal hazardous waste dumping zone for a 60 years. (Think Chicago mob). They call it “Heavy Industrial Legacies”, I kid you not.
The area is a mess, and bulldozers have uncovered large quantities of PCB’s, arsenics, leads, and oils. Something like 120,000 cubic yards of dirt and chemicals.
He should got to Dallas and visit that sick guy. And give him a sloppy kiss.
Just think of the traffic snarl on I-90 & I-94
Did you say Gary,
Gary Indiana?
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