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 Image: Title: Date: Description:
1. Ben Gregory Ben Gregory 1999 Photos and biographical description of Ben Gregory (1889-1974), a Kansas City pilot and race car enthusiast born in Macon, Missouri, starting as a barnstormer in the 1920s with his "Fly with Ben" airplane...
2. Bill Ong Bill Ong 1999 Photo and bio of William Ong, or Bill Ong, "businessman and aviation pioneer" learning to fly "in 1927 at the Bennett Eaglerock Sales Co. Flying School at Richards Field, located in what is now downtown...
3. Colonel Arthur Goebel Colonel Arthur Goebel 1999 Photo and description of Colonel Arthur Goebel, winning pilot of a 1927 competition "to fly the 2,439 miles from San Francisco to Hawaii," establishing about 1929 "a flying school at 101 West 12th in Kansas...
4. Eddie Fisher, Pilot Eddie Fisher, Pilot 1999 Photos and biographical description of Edward George Fisher, Jr., or Eddie Fisher (1910-1983), a native Kansas Citian airplane pilot and designer starting in 1929, engaged in barnstorming, air mail, and...
5. First Airplanes in Kansas City First Airplanes in Kansas City 1999 Description of the "first successful aeroplane designed and built in Kansas City and its initial flight" on August 26, 1910, flown by "J. C. McCallum, inventor and builder of the machine." On same page...
6. First National Air Traffic Conference First National Air Traffic Conference 2002 ''Organized under the auspices of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, the national trade association for the aviation industry, the First National Air Traffic Conference opened in Kansas City, Missouri,...
7. Frank Spatz, Airplane Mechanic Frank Spatz, Airplane Mechanic 1999 Photo and bio of Frank Spatz, an early airplane mechanic starting in the 1920s coming to Kansas City in 1937 with TWA, building and modifying hangars and training pilots at the Downtown Airport and around...
8. Harold Neumann Harold Neumann 1999 Photos and bio of Harold Neumann (1906-1995), "[c]hampion air racer and TWA pilot" and native of Illinois starting as a pilot in the 1920s and coming to Kansas City in 1936 as an early TWA pilot.
9. Howard Hughes, TWA Owner, and Jack Frye, TWA President Howard Hughes, TWA Owner, and Jack Frye, TWA President 1999 Photos and biographical descriptions of Howard Robard Hughes, or Howard Hughes (1905-1976), and William John Frye, or Jack Frye, record-setting pilots and executives of TWA in Kansas City starting in 1939....
10. James Kindelberger James Kindelberger 1999 Photo and biographical description of James Howard Kindelberger, or Dutch Kindelberger, "one of the pioneers in American aviation" from "the 1930s until his death in 1962" through his company, North American...
11. John Brock's Flying Record John Brock's Flying Record 1999 Photos and description of John Brock, an optometrist and "President of the Specialty Optical Company, 1009 McGee Street," honored in 1930 at the Hotel Muehlebach for his record-setting 365 days of consecutive...
12. Kansas City International Airport Kansas City International Airport 1999 Photo and history of Kansas City International Airport, established in 1972 as "the third largest in area in the United States (only JFK in New York and San Francisco International are larger)," served...
13. Kansas City Military Airports Kansas City Military Airports 1999 One page of the history of military airports in Kansas City and vicinity, starting with Richards Field in 1922 and continuing with the Sherman Army Airfield at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1923; Fairfax...
14. Kellerstrass Airfield Kellerstrass Airfield 1999 Photo and history of Kellerstrass Airfield, established in 1917 as one of the first public airports in Kansas.
15. Lou Holland Lou Holland 1999 Photo and biographical description of Lou Holland, a prominent Kansas City aviation promoter "from the 1920s until his death in 1960," becoming president of the Chamber of Commerce and "instrumental in...
16. Lou Holland Lou Holland 1999 Short biography of Kansas Citian Lou Holland (1878-1960) written by Donald B. Oster. Holland was a promoter of aviation for the city. Includes citations.
17. Municipal/Downtown Airport Municipal/Downtown Airport 1999 Photos and history of Kansas City's second principal airport established in 1927 known under various names until settling on "Municipal Airport" and "renamed Kansas City Downtown Airport" in 1972 with...
18. Octave Chanute Octave Chanute 1999 Photo and biographical description of Octave Chanute (1832-1910), "a civil engineer involved in bridge building, glider design, and flying machines," native to France and emigrating to Kansas City in 1867,...
19. Octave Chanute Octave Chanute 1953 Biographical sketch of Octave Chanute (1832-1910), "the friend, mentor, and most important correspondent of the Wrights [the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur]." Description of Chanute's life and career,...
20. Richards Field, First Kansas City Commercial Airport Richards Field, First Kansas City Commercial Airport 1999 Photos and history of the first Richards Field, established in 1922 as Kansas City's first commercial airport by Major Howard Wehrle, Fred Harvey, Simpson Yeomans, Roger Crittenden, and Robert Lester,...