Meigs Field (CGX) CHICAGO'S lakefront gem was ruthlessly shut down in an illegal late-night raid in 2003, launched by then mayor Richard M. Daley. He falsely claimed it was an antiterrorism move and promised a park but this field-known to Microsoft Flight Simulator users around the world-lies fallow a decade later. INSET: COURTESY FRIENDS OF MEIGS FIELD 74 | AOPA PILOT May 2014