Flight City!

So I wanted to post and let any STL folks know that Flight City: St. Louis takes to the air is opening at the Missouri History Museum on June, 3, 2007. As an intern last year at the Missouri Historical Society I helped with this exhibit by listening to hours and hours of interviews with St. Louis aviation folk. The stories were always very very interesting as were the people and the artifacts. These people tell stories of flying planes without breaks, having to land in fields so the crops would slow them to a stop. One guy told an interesting tale of being one of the first control tower operaters, back before radar and communication systems. He seriously just had to pay attention to the sky and watch for an incoming plane! What!? We acquired the tools used to handmake airplanes, like they did back in the day. Seriously, very fascinating things. The exhibit runs June 3 - September 28 and Tuesdays are free. Hmmm Sept. 25 is a Tuesday...