Edward H. Phillips, “Barnstorming Wichita’s Aviation Past”

Dwane Wallace’s Cessna C-34 was the right airplane at the right time, and offered good performance at an affordable price that made it successful in the Great Depression market. […]

When introduced in 1947, the Model 35 Bonanza set a new standard of performance and value in the general aviation market. […]

At his death in 1975, Lloyd Carlton Stearman ranked as one of America’s most successful aviation personalities. His name was a household word, as well known to the man on the street as that of Boeing, Northrop, Piper, Cessna and Beech. […]

Commercial aviation has witnessed the careers of many legendary personalities, but few have exemplified the drive to succeed as did Walter Herschel Beech. […]

When Emil Matthew “Matty” Laird came to Wichita, Kan., in 1919, he began the city’s transformation from the “Wheat Capital” to the “Air capital of the World.” […]

Of all the Travel Air monoplanes built by the factory, constructor number 6B-2012 was unique in being the “flying office” of washing machine entrepreneur Harry L. Ogg. […]

Aviation owes much to a farm boy whose name became synonymous with monoplanes and played a major role in making Wichita the “Air Capital of the World.” […]

Kansas has had its share of famous aviation personalities–Walter Beech, Clyde Cessna, Lloyd Stearman and Dwane L. Wallace, to name just a few. […]

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! […]

Raytheon Aircraft was the proud host for the 75th Anniversary Travel Air Homecoming Celebration held Oct. 12-14th, 2000, to salute the great Travel Air heritage. […]