Sunday, May 10, 2009

Incoming!

A reader writes: "Imagine our surprise late this morning (when readying for Mother's Day celebrations) hearing military helicopters of various sizes and formations flying back and forth across the land and lake. Anyone know what's up with that!?"

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  1. I seems to be a common occurance, I live high in the sky and see them flying north fairly regularly. I thought they were maybe going to that base thats up north or something.

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  2. This week is Marine Chicago week. See story at following tribune

    link....http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/05/marine-week-helicopters-chicago-navy-pier-arlington-park.html

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  3. Practice for "Marine Week" linkThere are rumors afoot that it's an Olympic Security preparation thingie.

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  4. Apparently it is practice for "Marine Week".

    http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/05/marine-week-helicopters-chicago-navy-pier-arlington-park.html

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  5. Marine week in Chicago:

    http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/05/marine-week-helicopters-chicago-navy-pier-arlington-park.html

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  6. Oh my god! Black Helecopters. I knew once that commie pinko Obama was elected, we'd have to deal with the dreaded black helecopters.

    I just hope my stash of dried food and candles lasts the next three and a half years.

    I think they're listening to me right now. Secret mircophones are everywhere.

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  7. As I sit here at my own personal booth at the diner of diminished Uptown expectations, I realize that those choppers represent the hopes many of us had for a vibrant mixed use shopping district at Wilson Yard.

    Off in the distance......loud......flying away......growing more distan.......t

    By the way Army National Guard helicopters out of a unit at Midway do on occasion fly up and down the lakefront.

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  8. Cue up the "MASH" music here...:-)

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  9. After seeing the "60 Minutes" piece, Sunday, on the highly successful 'Predator' drones in Iraq.....
    I have to wonder how well these un-manned aircraft would benefit Uptown.

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