https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meigs_FieldChicago used to have a small downtown airport.
"Scheduled passenger helicopter airline service was also available between Meigs Field and Chicago O'Hare Airport and Chicago Midway Airport at different times over the years. From the late 1950s to late 1960s, Chicago Helicopter Airways operated 12-seat Sikorsky S-58C helicopters with frequent flights to both O'Hare and Midway."
I actually flew my plane in and out of Meigs. Direct flight, Baraboo--->Meigs We went down to the Field Museum for the art of the motorcycle exhibit! It was right at the end, the runways had big X's on them. (It had already been closed and reopened during legal battles.) Famous as the default airport in Microsoft's Flight Simulator.
Thanx for letting me trip down memory lane.
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