Kansas Aviation Legacy

Wichita, known as the center of aviation by the late 1920s, missed its chance to be part of the most publicized flight in history. […]

In 1940-41 the Beech Aircraft Company designed an advanced multi-engine trainer for ease and speed of manufacture on a large scale and named it the “Wichita.” […]

The Cessna 400 Corvalis TT (Twin Turbocharged) is a single-engine, fixed-gear, low-wing general aviation aircraft built from composite materials by Cessna Aircraft. […]

A tired, frustrated crew stalked into the conference room next to the Boeing flight test hangar, its mission a failure. […]

The Beechcraft Premier is the name given to a series of light jet aircraft made by the Beechcraft division of Hawker Beechcraft. […]

During World War II, Kansas was a major United States Army Air Force (USAAF) training center for pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. […]

The Learjet 85 is the latest Learjet program by aircraft manufacturer Bombardier Aerospace. […]

The Kaydet, the two-seater biplane introduced by Stearman Aircraft Division of Boeing in Wichita, Kansas, in 1934, became an unexpected success during World War II. […]

Men like Lloyd Stearman, Walter Beech, Clyde Cessna, E.M. Laird, J.M. Mollendick and George Weaver were responsible for starting the aircraft industry in the area. […]

The Mooney Airplane Company (MAC) is a U.S. manufacturer of single-engined general aviation aircraft. […]