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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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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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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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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
