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Title
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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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Municipal Airport, Hangars
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Description
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Image looks west across Missouri River to Fairfax Industrial District. Shows runways in the foreground and airplane hangars in the center of the frame. Signs on hangars identify them as belonging to Executive and K. C. Flying Service. Across the river, Fairfax (KS) Airport can be seen on the right.
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Date
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1950~
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Aviation History Took Flight at Fairfax
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Description
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Postcard image and short article about the history of the Fairfax Industrial District, Fairfax Airport and Aircraft Assembly Plant. The Fairfax Airport opened in 1928 and was the primary airmail departure point in the 1930s. The Fairfax plant was used to build B-25 bombers during WWII.
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Date
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2010-05-05
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Object Type
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Newspaper 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
