Out and About on Route 66

1. Good news out of EAST ST. LOUIS- The July 12th St. Louis Today.com, reports that two of the hangars of St. Louis' Downtown Airport, located across the river in East St. Louis have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.This is where both Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart landed.

Assistant Airport Director Wendi Sellers has tried for years to get federal funds to refurbish them.

The buildings, called Curtiss-Wright Hangars 1 and 2 are brick-sided, two stories and done in an art deco-style. Both have Curtiss-Wright emblems on them of a plane rising above the clouds. The airport is also where Jimmy Doolittle crashed during an air show, but survived.

2. Ron Harsh of the Cartersville, Missouri, Route 66 Welcome Center appeared before the Carthage, Missouri, city board and requested that they institute a better signage program to bring tourists to their city. He said that a lot of visitors had come to him saying they had gotten lost and missed turns.  (We have gotten lost in that town on more than one occasion.)

He told the board that Route 66 attracts visitors from around the world. One day, he had had people come from Norway and Italy.

Ron also suggested that they host the 2010 National Route 66 Festival since no Missouri town has ever done it before.

Still Gettin' My Kicks on Route 66. --RoadDog