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Title
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Airline Service Here to a New Peak
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Description
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This 1937 article gives schedules and airplane descriptions for Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. (TWA), Hanford Airlines, Braniff Airways, and United. It gives a schedule for the new Sky Hawk that had its inaugural run on May 1, 1937, a description of the "new 25-passenger Sleeper Skyliners, berths comparable to those offered on railroad Pullmans," and has a picture of the Skysleeper.
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Date
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1937-05-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Biplane Built in Topeka
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Description
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Short article describing the first successful flight of a Kansas-made airplane on September 2, 1911. The pilot was Albin K. Longren, who along with his brother, E. J. Longren, constructed the biplane they christened "Topeka I." Longren promoted his aircraft on barnstorming tours and later built a successful aviation manufacturing company.
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Date
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2008
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Vintage Voom! Fly Back in History at Missouri's Aviation Museums
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Description
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Article about four historic airplane museums in Missouri that run along Interstate-70, including the Airline History Museum in Kansas City. Three planes on display in the museum's hangar include the Super G Constellation, or "Connie," the DC-3, and the Martin 404.
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Date
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2010
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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100 Years of Aviation
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Description
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Entire issue of Gateway Heritage devoted to flight. Includes primary sources such as letters by the Wright brothers and Charles Lindbergh. Chapters are: How We Made The First Flight; To Octave Chanute, Esq.; Lighter Than Air; Nerve and Cold Courage; Well Known in Aviation Circles; The Tuskegee Experiment; Mr. Mac: Sanford N. McDonnell; A Pilot's Story; The Eagle Flies (Irv Burrows recounts his role as the test pilot of the F-15 Eagle). Heavy emphasis on aviation in St. Louis.
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Date
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2003
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
