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 Image: Title: Date: Description:
1. A Worthy Enterprise A Worthy Enterprise January//1984 Possibility of landing a space shuttle at Kansas City International Airport.
2. A Young City Will Greet You A Young City Will Greet You February//1939 Photos and article about tourist sites in Kansas City for the "1939 Biennial Convention of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs in Kansas City. Description and history of...
3. Aerial Promotion: Committee Appointed to Promote Kansas City's Interests Aerial Promotion: Committee Appointed to Promote Kansas City's Interests March/9/1920 Plans for formal airport meeting federal regulations.
4. Aftermath: Down in a Hole Aftermath: Down in a Hole September//1986 Illustrations and article about the fatal crash of "a Lockheed L-188 Electra" airplane carrying auto parts in Kansas City, Kansas during a failed attempt to land at the Kansas City Downtown Airport (formerly...
5. Air Ports: Kansas City International Air Ports: Kansas City International May 1972 Photos, maps, architectural drawings, and description of the Kansas City International Airport designed by the firm of Kivett & Myers (and engineered by Burns & McDonnell with landscaping by Sasaki, Walker...
6. Airport Terminal Plan Airport Terminal Plan May/17/1921 Article about the continued planning for federally approved airport.
7. Airport to Be Completed as Provided for in Bond Issue Airport to Be Completed as Provided for in Bond Issue June/25/1929 Nice illustration of plan for new airport administration building.
8. Airports in the Kansas City Area Airports in the Kansas City Area November 2009 List of 20 airports in the Kansas City area ranked by 2008 daily take-offs and landings. Includes type of airport/service; number of tenants; based aircraft; public or private and year established; type...
9. Bureau of Civil Aviation Bureau of Civil Aviation March/14/1922 Article covering regulations for a government-approved "flying field," the term for airports at the time.
10. City Administration Pushes Airport City Administration Pushes Airport December/18/1928 Article about Municipal Airport, "developing North Kansas City field as ideal air terminal."
11. Downtown Air Terminal--Fantastic? Downtown Air Terminal--Fantastic? August//1943 Article about some positive and negative aspects of the Downtown Municipal Airport.
12. Fall Air Meet to Sell Aviation: Armistice Day Air Meet. .. Fall Air Meet to Sell Aviation: Armistice Day Air Meet. .. November/6/1928 Formal celebration of the acquisition of the Kansas City Municipal Airport.
13. Finest Airport on Earth Finest Airport on Earth March/15/1935 Photo and brief history of the Kansas City Municipal Airport (later called the Downtown Airport) "between North Kansas City and Kansas City proper," dedicated in 1927 and opened in 1929 with four airlines...
14. Genealogy of the Richards Family Genealogy of the Richards Family December 1923 Note about the naming of Richards Flying Field after John Francisco Richards and Richards-Gebaur Airport after John Francisco Richards II (a son of John Richards I killed in a World War I aerial battle),...
15. Hangar Ten Departs from Tradition Hangar Ten Departs from Tradition February-March 2011 Short article about Hangar Ten, "a customer service facility for private jet traffic to and from Kansas City, recently opened at the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport." The facility is owned by James...
16. Introducing Fairfax Airport Introducing Fairfax Airport December/18/1928 Report on Fairfax Industrial Airport, "Greater Kansas City's privately operated avaiton center."
17. Kansas City Airports Look to the Future Kansas City Airports Look to the Future November//1943 Description of plans for two central airports servicing Kansas City.
18. Kansas City as an Aviation Center Kansas City as an Aviation Center December/18/1928 Photo and article about the logical center of aircraft manufacture being Kansas City.
19. Kansas City International Attracts Hub Operations Kansas City International Attracts Hub Operations December/12/1983 Map and article about the growth of airlines and air traffic at Kansas City International Airport since deregulation in the early 1980s.
20. Kansas City Waterproofs Airport Deck Kansas City Waterproofs Airport Deck February//1950 Article about the waterproofing of a Kansas City airport.