Working Together – Building Our Future
1938 to 1947, The War Years. A brief history of Beechcraft and Raytheon, part two in the series. […]
Aviation History
Working Together – Building Our Future
1924 to 1937, a short history of Beechcraft and Raytheon Aircraft. The first in a series of special reports, reprinted courtesy of Raytheon Aircraft. […]
WWII Kept Air Capital Hopping
War created demand for aircraft workers, housing […]
War created whirlwind in Wichita
One magazine at the time likened it to a storm sweeping across the Kansas Plains and into Wichita – “a $62 million tornado in a town of 120,000.” […]
Memories, careers bright for Kansas’ flying aces
The debriefing papers are aging, maps detailing missions getting brittle, snapshots of old buddies beginning to fade. […]
Wichita lent helping hand in pushing man into space
On Sunday, July 20, 1969, a 38-year-old man changed history by stepping onto the moon. […]
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. […]
Many a Wichita aircraft firm crashed during the depression
The warning signs began appearing during the summer of 1929.
The warning signs began appearing during the summer of 1929. […]
Days of glory
Former World War II fighter pilot keeps his memories on display […]
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. […]