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Windy City Wheelman

@WindyCityDriver

Former infantry Marine, Chicago-born & -raised, airport worker, & retired getaway driver in the best city in the world. #GoCubsGo #fly2OHare #flyMidway #Pro2A

Chicago, IL Katılım Eylül 2020
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Windy City Wheelman@WindyCityDriver·
@nonameonlyrage I have the lowest-tier, free account and I created alerts (you get 5 free ones) for planes I want to see (A124, IL76, DC10, MD11, A346). It's best to do it on a desktop. Their mobile site sucks.
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Windy City Wheelman@WindyCityDriver·
One of the largest airplanes in the world is coming to O'Hare tonight, an Antonov 124. These are pretty rare, even more so now since the Russo-Ukrainian War kicked off and several Antonov Design Bureau (a Ukrainian company) owned examples were damaged or destroyed. #avgeek
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Windy City Wheelman@WindyCityDriver·
Volga-Dnepr, a Russian airline, is currently banned from flying into the U.S., and they have several of them. If you're up late, might be worth heading to the airport to see this magnificent beast.
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Windy City Wheelman@WindyCityDriver·
@CWBChicago Rossana and Sigcho would be burning American flags on Sheridan (well outside both their wards)
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CWBChicago@CWBChicago·
Bet on this: If an 18-year-old college student murdered a migrant at Loyola Beach, this city's politicians would be all OVER it. #Chicago
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Windy City Wheelman@WindyCityDriver·
@ScannerChi @kost_lou @EricTendian They probably didn't or if they did, they assumed they were going to stop. The CRJ-900 has a nose-down attitude in the last few seconds of approach where they're looking straight down at the runway ahead.
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Windy City Wheelman@WindyCityDriver·
@ScannerChi @kost_lou @EricTendian For reference, ORD ATC have been working 6-day weeks for most if not all of the past 10+ years. Some of their shifts are "quick turnarounds" which means they go home for minimum rest and are due back immediately after. Something to think about.
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Windy City Wheelman@WindyCityDriver·
@ScannerChi @kost_lou @EricTendian This is pretty normal during overnight hours when traffic is minimal. It appears that, because of the workload he was dealing with, he made a mistake and cleared the emergency equipment across the runway as an aircraft that he cleared to land was landing.
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Windy City Wheelman@WindyCityDriver·
@kost_lou @EricTendian Could be any of a number of reasons: responding to or returning to quarters from another emergency, driver airfield familiarization training (the airfield looks completely different and unfamiliar at night vs. daytime to a new person), routine patrol, etc.
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Hollat@getgot21·
@Breaking911 Why does it look blown up or am I tweaking?
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Windy City Wheelman@WindyCityDriver·
@La_Lola_Larue An Antonov 12 full of food would've left a longer-lasting impact than this performative bullshit.
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Ben Rhodes@benrhodes·
Got squeezed by the upside down face kid driving the 18 on the second lap coming out of turn 4. It knocked the fender in which cut down the LF tire going into turn 1. Bad day. Hard hit. On to Rockingham.
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