The Aero Experience has promoted Midwest Aviation for over sixteen years, and we look forward to more fun and flying in the year ahead! In 2026, we will adjust our posting schedule and format to provide more in-depth feature stories and videos while adding to our network of collaborators and advertisers. The Aero Experience is grateful for the sponsors and advertisers from across the region who continue to support our mission, and we will continue to be a valuable source of record for many Midwest Aviation organizations.
What is The Aero Experience?
The Aero Experience is a celebration of Midwest Aviation and aerospace achievement. We believe that aviation is best appreciated through direct participation, and so we encourage everyone to engage in the many aviation activities available to industry professionals and the general public in our region. Seen in that light, our event coverage, feature stories and videos are created to give viewers the experience of coming along with us if they cannot be there personally. We also work with industry leaders to strengthen the Midwest Aviation business climate and inform our viewers of professional development opportunities as they become available.
Event coverage and feature stories are posted on our website, The Aero Experience blog, and accompanying videos are on The Aero Experience YouTube Channel. We also post on our social media pages, Facebook and Instagram. The results of our work can also be found in a wide range of marketing materials, from aviation industry and general media outlets to periodicals and books.
The Aero Experience thanks everyone who has worked with us in the past to promote Midwest Aviation. Please consider supporting our work through the sponsorship and advertising opportunities listed below and contact us regarding Midwest Aviation events and interesting people we should feature in our coverage!
What we Do: Aviation Event Coverage, Feature Stories and Marketing Material
The Aero Experience provides media coverage of Midwest Aviation events and publishes feature stories, videos and marketing material of interest to the aviation community and general audiences. Our news and feature story coverage includes individual and corporate profiles, in-flight interviews, aircraft reviews, STEM education programs, seminars, trade shows, airshows and fly-ins, aviation history and countless other opportunities to promote the positive aspects of Midwest Aviation. We also provide media services specifically tailored to our sponsors, advertisers and single event coordinators.
We capture the people, missions and moments that make Midwest Aviation great!
Sponsors and Midwest Aviation Partners
The Aero Experience promotes our sponsors and advertisers, including: Elite Aviation, Wings of Hope, Gateway Flight Training and Gateway Jets. We also partner with other organizations who create value for the Midwest Aviation community, including The Greater St. Louis Business Aviation Association, St. Louis Regional Freightway, Army Aviation Heritage Foundation Gateway Chapter, Missouri Wing of the CAF and Fly with Alexis. We are also a team sponsor of Patrick McAlee Airshows – ExtremeFlight and support the Team Alec Forever Foundation. Sponsors and advertisers receive home page advertising space, priority coverage of events and additional media services.
Advertising Packages for The Aero Experience
The Aero Experience welcomes your ad in our prime home page advertising space. Your ad will be seen over a hundred thousand times each month, and our value-added media services will reinforce your brand among current and future customers.
Single Event Package: Starting at $250
Additional days extra depending on coverage expectations;
Includes photos, videos and promotional material;
Extra expenses for an event, including but not limited to, event entry and media access fees, aviation assets (as applicable) and travel/lodging/food are borne by the event host.
Ad Package: 12 months/$300
Home page logo ad with link;
Introductory feature story about your business;
Referrals for your products and services.
Additional Services: listed below and bid separately or as a special package
Promotional photos and videos;
Aircraft photo and video sessions;
Full-length feature stories for third party media sources;
Other related services as mutually agreed upon in advance.
Extra expenses for a project, including but not limited to, entry and media access fees, aviation assets (as applicable) and travel/lodging/food are borne by the sponsor.
Contact Carmelo Turdo at aeroexperience@att.net for details.
Promotional photos and videos;
Aircraft photo and video sessions;
Full-length feature stories for third party media sources;
Other related services as mutually agreed upon in advance.
Extra expenses for a project, including but not limited to, entry and media access fees, aviation assets (as applicable) and travel/lodging/food are borne by the sponsor.
Contact Carmelo Turdo at aeroexperience@att.net for details.
Third-Party Media Products Provided by The Aero Experience
Media from The Aero Experience regularly appear in local, regional, national and international publications and video productions, increasing our ability to promote Midwest Aviation. Media requested by our sponsors, event organizers, researchers and other publishers are provided through mutual agreement with sourcing to The Aero Experience. Some examples of third-party media sources include:
Newspapers:
Alton Telegraph
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Newsletters (multiple editions):
AIAA Gateway News
Chesterfield Villas
EE Times
Greater St. Louis Flight Instructors Association News
Hands of Compassion, Reichard Report
Missouri Aviation Historical Society Middle Marker
Missouri Pilots Association News
Ozark Air Lines Silver Swallows Alumni Newsletter
P-38 Lightning Association
Saint Louis Downtown Airport
Spirits of St. Louis RC Club Flightlines
Wings of Hope Lift
Periodicals (specific editions):
World Airshow News, Spring 2025
NATA Skylines, Fall/October 2024
The Buzz Magazine, August 2024
NATA Skylines, Fall 2023
St. Louis Science Center NewScience, Winter 2022
NATA Skylines, Fall/September 2022
NATA Skylines, Spring/March 2022
St. Louis Science Center NewScience, Winter 2021
ICAS Air Shows, 1Q 2021
Global Aviator, February 2021
FAA Safety Briefing, January/February 2021
World Airshow News, Autumn 2020
IAC Sport Aerobatics, July 2020
IAC Sport Aerobatics, January 2020
NATA Skylines, Winter/December 2019
Aviation News Journal Magazine, November/December 2014
Arabian Aerospace, November 2013
Skyways, April 2012
World Airshow News, Featured Contributor September - November 2010
Books:
Wings of Hope. (2024) SOAR Into STEM Book of Knowledge
Parsons, D. (2022) One Hotel Zero, Blurb Books
Klaus, H. and Bert Kinzey (2020). F/A-18E & F/A-18F Super Hornet in Detail & Scale
Kissinger, B. (2015). Fly Now! (Book and Movie Combo), Pax et Amor Productions Intl.
Turdo, C. (2002). Aviation Adventures, Turdo Productions
Marketing Materials and Event Programs:
Midwest Aviation Expo 2025 Official Program, Fall 2025
Midwest Aviation Expo 2024 Official Program, Fall 2024
Erik Lindbergh Lancair Restoration/First Flight Certificate, February 2024
Sun'n Fun International Fly-In & Expo Official Souvenir Program, Spring 2021
Giles Henderson Memorial Fly-In Announcement, Summer 2018
GT Propellers GT3G-MMP brochure, Summer 2018
Illinois Tourism Visitors Guide 2018 Commemorative Issue, Winter 2017/2018
Highter Education Channel, Come Fly with Us, April 2017
Sun'n Fun International Fly-In & Expo Official Souvenir Program, Spring 2015
Midwest Airport Fun Days poster and event card, Spring 2015
Mount Vernon Outland Airport IL ANG Lobby Exhibit, Summer 2014
Midwest Airport Fun Days poster and event card, Spring 2014
Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum brochure, Fall 2013
STL Biplane Rides Enjoy St. Louis from the Air! brochure, Fall 2012
Asolo Repertory Theatre, Come Here Often, 2011-2012 Season Program
Centennial of Naval Aviation, Celebrating 100 Years of Naval Aviation, Winter 2011
Sponsored Events/Projects and Professional Memberships:
Midwest Aviation Expo Media Sponsor, Mount Vernon, IL, September 2025
St. Louis Regional Aerospace and Aviation Task Force Member: 2024-Present
100 Years Around Australia Flight Promotion, April - July 2024
Team Alec Forever Golf Tournament Hole Sponsor, 2023, 2024
Gateway Youth Aeronautical Foundation Founding and Media Sponsor, 2020-2024
Ranken Technical College Summer Adventure Academy, Summer 2022
Patrick McAlee Airshows ExtremeFlight, 2020-Present
Nathan Rose Cancer Benefit auction items, February 2020
International Space Development Conference, St. Louis, May 2017
