I used flight following from home, so I was talking with st Louis approach, they cleared me through CPS airspace. She didn't seem to care what I did so long as I stayed clear of the bravo. They were easy to deal with.
The archer was part of the u of I flight school. When they gave it to the community college, a couple of the planes were sold to fund avionics upgrades in the planes they kept, and our club bought one. Only downside is I often get mistaken locally for a student, although it did get me a fuel discount once lol. While we were eating, a couple other pilots taxied up, and one of them took a picture with our plane. Turns out he was a u of I alumni and liked the paint job too.
I'm always amazed how things that are so impressive from the ground, like the arch & the river, look kind of insignificant from the air. Seeing the refineries and steel mills is almost more interesting.
