Early airmail pilots risked life and limb
For two straight days in late March 1926, Wichita postal carrier F.D. Long tried to drive to Rose Hill to deliver the mail. […]
Year: 2002
Other Education Resources and Information
Other resouces and web sites for aviation education. […]
What is Kansas STARBASE, Inc.?
In 1992, the Kansas Air and Army National Guard launched Kansas STARBASE. Kansas STARBASE is an authorized program of the U.S. Department of Defense. […]
LLOYD C. STEARMAN
On October 26, 1898, Lloyd Stearman was born in Wellsville, Kansas. As a college student he attended Kansas State College in Manhattan, Kansas and studied engineering and architecture. […]
Days of glory
Former World War II fighter pilot keeps his memories on display […]
Cessna Aircraft Company’s 75th Anniversary Commemorative Photo’s!
To commemorate Cessna Aircraft Company’s 75th Anniversary, the Kansas Aviation Museum collected vintage photo’s and published them in their 2002 Collector Calendar. […]
Limited in war, fliers vital in peace
Russell Jump is wearing leather aviator togs and stands proudly next to his wartime “Jenny” biplane in the old sepia-colored photo. […]
Planes soared, salaries dipped before the crash
All around Wichita, in converted garages or machine shops or tool sheds or back yards, would-be millionaires stitched together new airplanes. […]
THE STRANGE SAGA OF A TRAVEL AIR MONOPLANE
Deck: Built only as a proof-of-concept airplane, the first Type 6000 monoplane built by the Travel Air Company was licensed on Walter Beech’s honor, later orphaned by Curtiss-Wright and shunned by the Department of Commerce as an aircraft nobody could fly! […]
A Century of Kansas City Aviation History: The Dreamers and the Doers
This wonderfully illustrated book contains biographical sketches of persons inducted into the Kansas City Aviation Hall of Fame. […]