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One of the most attractive English aircraft to come out of the 1930's, the Miles Hawk Speed Six is truly a thing of beauty.

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On March 30, 2003, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley sent a task force to Meigs Field -- the lovely airport on the lake -- and had the runway destroyed. The facility handled some 1,500 instrument flights per month and provided some relief to air traffic controllers handling the already overwhelmed O'Hare airspace.

Read more: Police State: Destroying Meigs Field

Chances are that if some nine year-old asks you just how high up can clouds be, you'd probably think about those wispy cirrus clouds or towering cumulonimbus.

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One of the most critical aspects of flying cross-country is dealing with the weather, but almost all the weather information available for our preflight briefings comes only from areas near major airports -- and close to the ground.

Read more: PIREPS: Keeping Pilots in the Loop