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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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Air Mail Assured by April 1, 1926
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Description
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Article about air mail routes established at Richards Field to be flown by National Air Transport, Incorporated.
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Date
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1925-11-25
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Bill Ong
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Description
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Bill Ong and other unidentified men in aviators garb posed before biplane at Richards Field.
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Date
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1936
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Raytown Society to Mark Old Flying Field Site
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Description
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Notice about the Raytown Historical Society commemorating the site of Richards Flying Field, Sunday, Sept. 23, 1979, the first Kansas City air terminal, later called Ong Airport in 1943. The former flying field was located at the southeast corner of Blue Ridge extension and Gregory which is now a residential district.
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Date
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1979
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
