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• Convert Latitude and Longitude

  As a pilot, I frequently need to convert latitude and longitude coordinates from one system to another. The aircraft GPS accepts coordinates in degrees, minutes and seconds form. However, various pieces of software I get decimal degress such as 47.48781... Posted Aug 18 2004, 08:27 AM by ChuckOp with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Aviation, Recreation

• Chicago Parks, Meigs Field and Mayor Daley

  I was fairly outraged when I read USA Today's fawning article on Chicago Mayor Daley and his efforts in creating park space in the city. Normally park space is a good thing, but his midnight, quasi-illegal destruction of the historic Meigs Field airport... Posted Jul 16 2004, 12:21 PM by ChuckOp with | with no comments Filed under: Aviation, Recreation, Rants, Politics