St. Louis Lambert International Airport in St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis Lambert International
Airport is the former Lambert
Field.

Charles Lindbergh flew the first 
US Mail delivery from Lambert
Field to Chicago on April 15, 1926.



From stlpoliticalblog

Sending mail by air cut the transit time for private and business mail dramatically.  While delivering mail and logging hours of flight time, Lindbergh spent time thinking about the challenge of flying across the Atlantic Ocean with no stops for fuel or rest.  Since 1919 the $25,000.00 Orteig Prize for the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris, France, or vice versa, had gone unclaimed. 

After gathering backers to fund construction of a plane to withstand the rigors of a Transatlantic Flight, Lindbergh contracted with Ryan Airlines in San Diego, California in February 1927. 
He worked closely with Chief Engineer Donald Hall to design and build the custom plane in 60 days. 

After flight testing, Lindbergh flew his custom built plane, The Spirit of St. Louis, to Lambert Field on May 11, 1927.  Then he continued flying east.  At 7:52 am on May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island to start his nonstop Transatlantic Flight.  He landed at Le Bourget Field, in Paris just before 10:00 pm, Paris Time, on May 21, 1927.  Lindbergh won the Orteig Prize for his solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean and became an international known figure.

Back to St. Louis Lambert International Airport....

Travelers enjoy rocking chairs

in one of the hallways between

Concourses.

Stella Atrois serves thirsty
people between their
flights.

The Interfaith Chapel

Three Kings Public House
is busy.

CNN has a Newsstand here.

I wish the partitions between the
bathroom stalls were longer.







I left with my rolling carry on bag in tow.  (Vigilance is a good thing while traveling.)

This Airport has a Service

Animal Relief Area.

This is a great idea.







I like that the Doggie Station is easy to clean up.

There are facilities for

human cleansing.

I followed signs to the
Exit.

The Down Escalator will take

 me to Ground Transportation

 & MetroLink.

Welcome to St. Louis

I cross a parking lot...

... & take an elevator up
to the elevated rail.

I bought a ticket for the ride to

 Shiloh-Scott Station, which

is at the end of the line.

.... & away I go....







My solo trip to western Illinois is almost at an end.  I'll take an Uber from the Shiloh-Scott Station to the Hilton Garden Inn in O'Fallon and start looking for my cousins.