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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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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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Map of Clay County Missouri
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Description
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Map of Clay County, Missouri, including railroads, electric lines, roads, schools, churches, and airports. Includes townships of Platte, Kearney, Washington, Gallatin, Liberty, and Fishing River. Includes cities of Liberty, Excelsior Springs, and North Kansas City. Also includes Kansas City Co. & St. Joe Electric Line.
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Object Type
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Map
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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
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Title
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Genealogy of the Richards Family
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Description
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Note about the naming of Richards Flying Field after John Francisco Richards and Richards-Gebaur Airport after John Francisco Richards II (a son of John Richards I killed in a World War I aerial battle), at the end of an article about the Richards family genealogy.
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Date
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1923-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
