"Jay Honeck" wrote:

Reluctantly saying goodbye to our friends in the museum, I went out to
pre-flight and take some pictures of Atlas against the city backdrop.
The airport really IS "downtown", and the big buildings are quite
close-by, visually. It makes for an almost "Meigs-like" panorama,
which we really enjoyed.

Upon departure on Rwy 19, I was cleared for a northeast departure.
When I inquired as to whether they wanted me to do a right- or
left-hand departure, the controller replied (to my surprise) "Your
choice."



Nice report, Jay. As you probably are aware, before KCI opened (in '72), the downtown airport handled all
the commercial traffic, so those downtown, between the buildings approaches must have been pretty
exciting in the big iron.

Mike