Cessna’s Eighty Years of History: 1927-2007
An overview of Cessna’s aircraft history […]
Kansas Aviation Legacy
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation Celebrates Beechcraft 75th Anniversary
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation celebrated the 75th anniversary of Beechcraft. Walter and Olive Ann Beech formed Beech Aircraft Corporation April 19, 1932. […]
Learjet Milestones
A timeline of Learjet milestones […]
Essay on Aviation
An essay on aviation by the Kansas Historical Society. […]
Topeka flight history rich
Pilot became legend with groundbreaking aircraft […]
Legacy of the Lears
The first Learjet made its inaugural flight two months short of the 60th anniversary of the world’s first powered, controlled, sustained heavier-than-air flight. […]
Olive Ann Beech rose to business greatness
In 1936, Beech Aircraft Co. was 4 years old and looking for a showcase for the “Staggerwing,” its speedy but unusual-looking airplane. […]
TRAVEL AIR MFG. CO. Nominated as Historic Aerospace Site by the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics!
The Travel Air Manufacturing Company made ‘Travel-Air’ planes from 1926-1932 in historic Wichita, Kansas, The Air Capital of the World, on East Central Avenue. […]
Boeing Wichita History
A history of Boeing Wichita, which has been part of Kansas business landscape for more than 70 years. […]
Raytheon/Beech Historical Overview
An historical overview of the Raytheon/Beech company […]