| Abstract | Busch Voigts died January 24, 2011, in Sun City, Arizona. Voigts was "the grandson of two pioneer Johnson County families." Voigts did barnstorming throughout the West during the 1934-35 Depression years, and in 1935 was hired as a co-pilot with Transcontinental and Western Air (TWA). During his 25 years with TWA he flew presidential and campaign charters for Truman (1951), Eisenhower (1953, '54, '54), Nixon (1952), and Adlai Stevenson (1952). Voigts also served as Governor for the American Royal Livestock and Horse Show, was a past president of the Saddle and Sirloin Club, and a member of the Mounted Patrol. |
