The day before the Chicago Area 99’s annual IFR/VFR Expo, Madeleine Monaco was worried about the weather, always a coin toss in the Midwest during January. Monaco was the general manager for the 99’s event. “If the weather’s really good tomorrow, our turn out will probably suffer,” she told me. “Most pilots would rather be out flying on a Saturday, than sitting around an educational forum.” She said the 99s organized the event decades ago to, “expose more people to aviation around Chicagoland while providing recurrent pilot training at the same time. It also offers people the chance to meet up with old friends and connect with Illinois Division of Aeronautics and FAASTeam officials.”
Chicago Area 99s Expo Attracts Large Crowd, Despite the Weather
