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Title
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Kansas City the Airport of the Southwest
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Description
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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, by pilot E. L. Sloniger. The flight carried newspaper men as passengers. "The operating officials of this company are Edward G. Bern, President; Charles W. Brunn, General Counsel; Robert Cochrane, Chief Pilot; E. L. Sloniger, Pilot, and Harry Berger, Supervisor of Mechanics." Article discusses aviation in Kansas City and the different flying fields.
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Date
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1925-07-21
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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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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Title
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1951 Flood
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Description
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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 Airport
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Description
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Photos and information on the Fairfax Industrial Airport, or Fairfax Airport, located on the Kansas side of the Missouri River across from the Downtown Airport, or Municipal Airport.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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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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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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Title
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Fairfax Industrial Airport
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Description
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Aerial view of Fairfax Industrial Airport in Kansas City, Kansas. It is noted on the back of the photograph that Curtiss Wright is at the northern end of the field.
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Date
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1930~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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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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Date
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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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Title
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Introducing Fairfax Airport
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Description
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Report on Fairfax Industrial Airport, "Greater Kansas City's privately operated avaiton center."
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Date
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1928-12-18
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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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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Title
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Kansas Citian Aviation Number
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Description
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Whole issue of the Kansas Citian devoted to aviation. Articles include: ''Kansas City as an Aviation Center'' (p.961-2); ''American Eagle Enlarges'' (p. 963); ''Kansas City Concern Makes Planes [Butler]'' (p. 965 & 980); ''Bennett Flying Association'' (p. 968); ''Kansas City and Air Mail'' (p. 969); ''Twenty-five Years of Flight'' (p. 969); ''National Aeronautic Association'' (p. 971); ''Introducing Fairfax Airport'' (p. 973); ''City Administration Pushes Airport'' (p. 975); ''To Build Metal Planes Here [Standard Steel Works]'' (p. 975); and several others. Advertisements also feature aviation products, planes, and services.
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Date
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1928-12-18
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City
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Description
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Aerial view of downtown Kansas City and portions of North Kansas City, Missouri, looking toward the northwest. The Municipal Airport is in view as well as the Missouri River as it bends to the north. The Fairfax Airport is on the west side of the river. The Broadway Bridge, 2nd Hannibal Bridge, and the ASB Bridge, in that order from left to right, can be seen spanning the river. The Fairfax Bridge can be seen in the distance beyond the airport.
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Date
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1960~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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TWA Airplane
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Description
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Photograph of an airplane in a hangar at the TWA Overhaul Base, Fairfax Airport.
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Date
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1946
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Fairfax Airport and Its Role in World War II
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Description
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Article describes the various uses and occupants of the Fairfax Airport and industrial area from the time of the land's purchase by Guy Stanley in the early 1920's, to the airport's closure at midnight on March 31, 1985. The author writes that the terminal building and all other structures of the airport and World War II era bomber plant at Fairfax were eventually razed by General Motors.
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Date
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2006
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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North Kansas City Quadrangle
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Description
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Topographical map of parts of Clay and Jackson counties in Missouri and Wyandotte County, Kansas, including segments of the Missouri River and the cities of North Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas. Also depicted are roads of varying grades, railroads, local airports, schools, churches, smaller surrounding communities, and a water treatment plant.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Missouri River Hydrographic Survey: Kaw Bend
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Description
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Map of the Kaw Bend of the Missouri River, curving around Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas. Soundings across the width of the river are listed at every tenth of a mile. Topographic features such as dikes, revetments, railroad lines are indicated, as well as major industrial sites along the river.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Map
