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 Image: Title: Date: Description:
81. Municipal Airport Municipal Airport circa 1945-50 Aerial view looking toward the east showing the Municipal Airport in Kansas City, Missouri. The Missouri River can be seen with what appears to be ice floating in it. The ASB Bridge is also visible and...
82. Municipal Airport Municipal Airport View from west side of runway looking at terminal building and Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. hangar with two planes. Kansas City downtown skyline in background.
83. Municipal Airport Municipal Airport circa 1950 View of Kansas City's Municipal Airport looking toward the northeast. The airport terminal building is in view as well as a portion of the runway. Several prop airplanes can be seen, including at least...
84. Municipal Airport Municipal Airport circa 1970 Low, aerial view of Municipal Airport, looking toward the south with the Kansas City, Missouri skyline in view. A portion of the runway and the airport terminal building are visible as well as various...
85. Municipal Airport and Airplanes on Ground Municipal Airport and Airplanes on Ground Aircraft on ground with main terminal building in background.
86. Municipal Airport and Downtown Skyline Municipal Airport and Downtown Skyline circa 1960s Aerial view looking south to downtown Kansas City showing Municipal Airport terminal buildings and parking lot. Airplanes sit on the taxiway. Broadway Bridge spans the Missouri River on the right. Harlem...
87. Municipal Airport Future Site Municipal Airport Future Site circa 1920 Aerial view of New Richards Field which soon became known as Municipal Airport. Shows biplanes on the ground and the second Hannibal Bridge.
88. Municipal Airport Terminal Building Municipal Airport Terminal Building circa 1940s Full frontal and side view of the second terminal building with a TWA plane to the left, looking northeast.
89. Municipal Airport Terminal Building and Downtown Skyline Municipal Airport Terminal Building and Downtown Skyline Looking southeast, airport's terminal building with Kansas City skyline in background and TWA plane on the tarmac.
90. Municipal Airport Terminal Building Groundbreaking Ceremony Municipal Airport Terminal Building Groundbreaking Ceremony 1929-06-26 Dignitaries posed before the Transcontinental Air Travel plane "Kansas City" at the groundbreaking for the new terminal building, or as it was called then, airport station. Men are seen refueling the airplane....
91. Municipal Airport, Hangars Municipal Airport, Hangars circa 1950 Image looks west across Missouri River to Fairfax Industrial District. Shows runways in the foreground and airplane hangars in the center of the frame. Signs on hangars identify them as belonging to Executive...
92. Municipal Airport, Terminal Municipal Airport, Terminal Looking northeast, image shows original Municipal Airport terminal with TWA and other airplanes on taxiway and unpaved area in foreground. Midcontinent Airlines building is also visible on the left.
93. NAT U.S. Mail Airplane NAT U.S. Mail Airplane circa 1920s Men handle mail bags while pilot looks on from National Air Transport U.S. Mail Express airplane.
94. NAT U.S. Mail Airplane NAT U.S. Mail Airplane Group portrait of people identified as being from the Baltimore Hotel before plane at unidentified location.
95. Pilot in Airplane Pilot in Airplane Unidentified pilot in plane.
96. Plane's Devotees In a Tailspin Plane's Devotees In a Tailspin August 13, 2005 The "Connie" airplane, a Lockheed Constellation located at the Wheeler Downtown Airport and part of the Airline History Museum can no longer fly. It was the last one in the United States that could fly....
97. Planes Thrilled 125,000 Here in 1918 Planes Thrilled 125,000 Here in 1918 August/28/1968 Article recalling the mock air battle on August 28, 1918, over Swope Park, by the British-American Flying Mission touring the country to provide the public better understanding of airplanes and their utilization...
98. Possum Trot Chronicles: Clarence Melton's 'Houpisine' Was a Kansas City Original Possum Trot Chronicles: Clarence Melton's 'Houpisine' Was a Kansas City Original August 2000 Article about Clarence Melton and his home-made airplanes in the early 1910s -1920s, built and flown in the Kansas City area, including the 1923 "'Houpisine,' a contraction of 'Houpie' (slang for Model...
99. Postcards of Historic Northeast Postcards of Historic Northeast August 24, 2005 This week's featured postcard is of TWA and features the Constellation airplane. It reads "Providing the very finest in airline service between major cities from coast to coast, this newest Constellation,...
100. R. Shelden and Ruth Stafford R. Shelden and Ruth Stafford October/31/1974 Biographical article about R. Shelden Stafford and his wife Ruth Stafford, local "ferry pilots" flying small airplanes to destinations around the world from their headquarters residence "at Lake Lotawana."...