The one of a kind Solar-Impulse plane landed at KSTL around 1:30 A.M. on Tuesday, June 4th to an applause from the media, airport officials, and faculty of the St. Louis Science Center. The flight lasted over twenty one continuous hours, after a few minor delays as it waited for all air traffic to clear the immediate airspace. Piloted by Swiss pilots Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, the flight gave Lambert […]
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An F-18 headed to Spirit of St. Louis Airport, where MOAVHIST founder Dan O’Hara call’s his office, was diverted to Scott AFB, and eventually Lambert Airport because of inclement weather conditions around the area in April 2012. However the pilot (Brandon Gasser) became dangerously low on fuel, and began to consider dumping the aircraft in the Mississippi River unless he made a quick landing. ATC controllers Kevin Cook and Steve Clark […]