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Title
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Kansas City Military Airports
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Description
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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 Airport in 1929; Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base in 1941 (becoming Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport in 1994); the Olathe Naval Air Station in 1942; and Whiteman Air Force Base in 1942 in Knob Noster, Missouri (starting as the Glider Base in Sedalia, Missouri).
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Richard's Field
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Description
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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 in the mid-1920s, but after declining traffic turned into in a residential subdivision in the 1950s.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
