-
-
Title
-
KC Seeks New Place to Display Old Plane
-
Description
-
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."
-
Date
-
2006-12-25
-
Object Type
-
Newspaper Article
-
-
Title
-
Aviation History Took Flight at Fairfax
-
Description
-
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.
-
Date
-
2010-05-05
-
Object Type
-
Newspaper Article