Ideal Aviation Open House at St. Louis Downtown Airport This Sunday

By Carmelo Turdo

Ideal Aviation FBO at St. Louis Downtown Airport will have an open house Sunday, April 22, from 12:00pm-4:00pm.  Meet new owner Bill Macon, and tour the newly renovated terminal.  Have some free barbecue lunch, check out the aircraft on display, and take a ride in a 1941 Waco UPF-7 (cost involved).  While you are there, visit the neighboring Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum in historic Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2, where you will see other aircraft such as the 1941 Meyers OTW, BD-5, 2 Pietenpols, a Baby Ace, Mini Max Ultralight, 2 sailplanes, F-4 Phantom II cockpit, replica Spirit of St. Louis cockpit and many more interesting exhibits.  See you there!