Flying the Cherokee Around St. Louis Downtown Airport

By Carmelo Turdo

The Aero Experience was in the air again recently, this time in a Piper Cherokee flown by EAA Chapter 64 member Paul Voorhees.  We flew a few patterns around St. Louis Downtown Airport, passing by the control tower to Runway 5.  After takeoff, a right standard pattern brought us over the Jet Aviation terminal and surrounding areas on the way back to the runway for touch-and gos.  We eventually taxied back to the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2 before securing the aircraft in its hangar later.  Here are some aerial views of the airport: