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Title
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Plane's Devotees In a Tailspin
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Description
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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. During a routine maintenance check on the ground, "cylinders in the No. 2 engine failed, spewing gallons of oil and fire that 'stuck like napalm' to the plane's metal skin, disfiguring the plane". It will cost more than $120,000 to rebuild the engine and finding the money may be a problem.
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Date
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2005-08-13
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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A Jumbo Crowd-Pleaser Arrives
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Description
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The Airline History Museum added a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar to its aircraft on display on January 29, 2010. The jumbo jet was headed for the scrap heap until an Arizona man donated the $100,000 that allowed the museum to purchase it. It was flown to Kansas City from New Mexico.
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Date
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2010-01-31
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Vintage Voom! Fly Back in History at Missouri's Aviation Museums
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Description
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Article about four historic airplane museums in Missouri that run along Interstate-70, including the Airline History Museum in Kansas City. Three planes on display in the museum's hangar include the Super G Constellation, or "Connie," the DC-3, and the Martin 404.
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Date
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2010
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
