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A Kansas City Boy Dreamed of Flying around the World--and Did
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TitleA Kansas City Boy Dreamed of Flying around the World--and Did
AbstractPhotos and biographical article about William Paul Odom, or William Odom, a record-setting airplane pilot "reared in Kansas City and learn[ing] to fly here ten years ago." Born in Belton, Missouri, about 1920 and moving to Kansas City, setting the time record in 1947 for flying around the world in 3.5 days, with residences at 5725 Indiana Avenue and later at 4204 Charlotte Street.
DateApril/27/1947
SourceThe Kansas City Star
LocationVertical File: Kansas Citians--Prominent
Page1C
Local SubjectOdom, William P.
Pilots
Aviators
IllustrationsNo
Item TypeNewspaper Article
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Item ID116024
CONTENTdm number24425
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