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1. 150 Facts About Kansas City 150 Facts About Kansas City 2000 List of 150 facts prepared for the sesquicentennial of Kansas City in 2000.
2. Air Mail Assured by April 1, 1926 Air Mail Assured by April 1, 1926 November/25/1925 Article about air mail routes established at Richards Field to be flown by National Air Transport, Incorporated.
3. Airports Airports 1927 List of airports, loosely defined by standards in 1927. Report on inadequacies of Richards Field.
4. 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...
5. Bill Ong Bill Ong 1936 Bill Ong and other unidentified men in aviators garb posed before biplane at Richards Field.
6. Biography of Lou Holland (1878-1960), Advocate of Kansas City Aviation Biography of Lou Holland (1878-1960), Advocate of Kansas City Aviation 1999
7. Edward Porterfield, Jr. Edward Porterfield, Jr. 1999 Photo and bio of Edward Everett Porterfield, Jr., or Ed Porterfield (1890-1948), a native Kansas Citian and founder of "the Porterfield Flying School at Richards Field" in 1925 and of the American Eagle...
8. 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),...
9. 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...
10. Kansas City the Airport of the Southwest Kansas City the Airport of the Southwest July 21, 1925 Recent Developments in Aeronautics Mark New Era in Aerial TransportationRegular service between Kansas City and Wichita was inaugurated July 1, 1925, by the Kansas City Airways Transportation Company,...
11. Map of Clay County Missouri Map of Clay County Missouri Map of Clay County, Missouri, including railroads, electric lines, roads, schools, churches, and airports. Includes townships of Platte, Kearney, Washington, Gallatin, Liberty, and Fishing River. Includes...
12. Municipal Airport Municipal Airport Kansas City's Municipal Airport opened in 1927. Two planes landed on August 17, 1927. The first one marked the first official landing of a passenger plane. It arrived from Richards Field carrying Chamber...
13. 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.
14. Municipal Airport Survey Municipal Airport Survey January/19/1927 Report made and submitted by the Air Corps Reserve Officers Association of Greater Kansas City. This survey was given to Lou E. Holland, who in turn presented it to the Native Sons, October 1, 1952. It...
15. Raytown Society to Mark Old Flying Field Site Raytown Society to Mark Old Flying Field Site Summer 1979 Notice about the Raytown Historical Society commemorating the site of Richards Flying Field, Sunday, Sept. 23, 1979, the first Kansas City air terminal, later called Ong Airport in 1943. The former flying...
16. Richard's Field Richard's Field Spring//1999 Brief history of the Richards Flying Field, estabished in 1922 in Raytown, Missouri, used for military pilot training and regular airmail service and visited by Charles Lindbergh at the height of his popularity...
17. 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,...
18. Robert Askren Photograph Collection Finding Aid Robert Askren Photograph Collection Finding Aid circa 1870s-2005, bulk 1950-1980s Local photographer Robert G. Askren donated photographs and negatives to the Missouri Valley Special Collections in 2006. He worked for Harkins Commercial Photo Co. which he later purchased and renamed...
19. Shipwreck Kelly Is Down Shipwreck Kelly Is Down February/25/1927 Story of daredevil "Shipwreck" Kelly's record 146 hours and 13 minutes of sitting atop the flagpole of the Westgate Hotel, finished on February 25, 1927. Announcement of his plan the next day to attempt...