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. […]
Articles by Carl Chance
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. […]
Wichita Aviation History Photo Archives and Information Source!
From a joint collection of Wichita early history can be found, an interesting and valuable resource for aviation historical research. […]
MOYA OLSEN LEAR
Moya shared in his discouragements as well as his spectacular triumphs with the Learjet Co. in Wichita. They were deeply dedicated to Kansas aviation. […]
Why Learn To Fly
Have you ever been outside on a absolutely gorgeous day and watched the birds soared and wished you could. […]
Young Eagles Program
The Young Eagles program is sponsored by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). […]
Travel Air Photo Gallery
Photos of a Travel Air airplane […]
Women’s History Month
NASA Celebrates Females Forging New Frontiers […]
Early birds didn’t always escape the bonds of earth
Once Orville and Wilbur Wright proved, in 1903, that flying was possible, every hotshot who could scrape up lumber and sheets wanted to soar with the birds. […]