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KC Seeks New Place to Display Old Plane
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Description
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Article reports the possibility of Union Station becoming the permanent indoor home of a 1930 American Eaglet two-seater airplane, originally manufactured at the Fairfax Airport. The Eaglet is described by one expert in the article as the "Model-T of aviation."
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Date
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2006-12-25
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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1951 Flood
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Aerial view of flooded area looking east across the Fairfax Industrial District. View includes the Socony-Vacuum Terminal and Lube plant, General Motors assembly plant, International Harvester, and portions of the Fairfax Airport.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Fairfax Municipal Airport, Kansas City, Kansas
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Description
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Postcard depicting the Fairfax Municipal Airport - "controlled and operated by the Board of Public Utilities of Kansas City, Kansas is the preferred 'Port for general Aviation in greater Kansas City. It occupies 700 acres located only five minutes driving time from downtown Kansas City, Kansas and fifteen minutes from downtown Kansas City, Missouri." This postcard was sent to Mrs. Sam Ray on October 7, 1982, by the Heart of America Post Card Collectors advising her of a Thursday, October 14, 1982 meeting. It has a post-marked 13 cent US stamp of Crazy Horse.
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Date
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1982
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Fairfax Airport
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Description
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Aerial view of runway and buildings.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Municipal Airport, Hangars
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Description
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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 and K. C. Flying Service. Across the river, Fairfax (KS) Airport can be seen on the right.
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Date
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1950~
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Object Type
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Negative
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Municipal and Fairfax Airports from Commerce Tower
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Description
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View facing northeast from the balcony of the Commerce Towers Building at 911 Main Street. The River Market, the Missouri River, the Heart of America Bridge, the Hannibal Bridge, the Municipal Airport, the Fairfax Airport, Harlem, and other downtown buildings are in view.
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1965-04-22
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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SC169 North American Aviation Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The North American Aviation Inc. operated a B-25 factory at the Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas from 1942-1945. This collection, donated by relatives of former North American Aviation employees, consists of issues of the plant's employee newsletter, notices sent to employees, and a patriotic music catalog.
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Date
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1942/1945
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Aviation History Took Flight at Fairfax
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Description
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Postcard image and short article about the history of the Fairfax Industrial District, Fairfax Airport and Aircraft Assembly Plant. The Fairfax Airport opened in 1928 and was the primary airmail departure point in the 1930s. The Fairfax plant was used to build B-25 bombers during WWII.
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Date
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2010-05-05
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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