<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History St. Louis Lambert International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport had its beginnings in 1909, when the Aero Club of St. Louis created a balloon launching base called the Permanent Aviation Field and Dirigible Harbor in Kinloch Park, a suburban development of the 1890s. In October 1910, the airfield hosted the first International Air Meet, attracting "many famous persons," including the Wright brothers, who brought six airplanes and their Exhibition Team. President Theodore Roosevelt accepted the club's telegraphed invitation to attend, and after initially ruling out a flight, took off on October 11 with pilot Arch Horsey, becoming the first U.S. president to fly. The following year, the airfield&mdash;generally called Kinloch Field&mdash;was the takeoff point for what is generally regarded as the first parachute jump from an airplane. The club's lease on the land expired in 1912, and the field was closed and its grandstand demolished. Efforts to revive the facility were unsuccessful.</p>
<p class="blog-para">In June 1920, a nearby 170-acre field was leased to the Missouri Aeronautical Society, which named its facility the St. Louis Flying Field. Among the Society's leading members was Albert Bond Lambert, an Olympic silver medalist golfer in the 1904 Summer Games, president of Lambert Pharmaceutical Corporation (which made Listerine), and the first person to receive a pilot's license in St. Louis. So vigorous was Lambert in his efforts to promote St. Louis aviation that in 1923 the field was renamed Lambert-St. Louis Flying Field. "Major" Lambert (his "rank" was given by the Aero Club and not the military) purchased the field outright in February 1925, and added hangars and a passenger terminal. In the late 1920s, the airport became the first with an air traffic control system&ndash;albeit one that communicated with pilots via waving flags. The first controller was Archie League from Saint Louis Airport passengers can use the following transportation options:</p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3">Transportation St. Louis Lambert International Airport</h2>
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<li class="blog-li"><strong>Bus:</strong> There are no bus options available at this time.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Taxi:</strong> Get within 20 minutes to St. Louis.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Metro link:</strong> Get to St. Louis in just 35 minutes with Metro Link.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Car Rental:</strong> Renting a car in St. Louis Airport is a good idea to move around.</li>
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