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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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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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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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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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