There are a ton of charter ops in that neck of the woods. They haul carparts and things like that. I know it's not in the state you're looking at but there are a few companies in michigan as well such as Ameristar, USAJet, Kalitta (one of Connie's sons owns the 135 ops with lears and falcons). A couple other companies to check out would be Air Cargo Carriers and Ameriflight but I don't know if they do anything in that region of the country. The latter two I have heard good things about from employees as well.

Familyman, how often were you in STL in the Bandit? I work at the FBO that fuels all the 135 cargo ops. Sad thing is that we're loosing a ton of business becuase of two of the three local plants are shutting down completely.