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Title: Busch Voigts Obituary
Description: Busch Voigts died January 24, 2011, in Sun City, Arizona. Voigts was "the grandson of two pioneer Johnson County families." Voigts did barnstorming throughout the West during the 1934-35 Depression years, and in 1935 was hired as a co-pilot with Transcontinental and Western Air (TWA). During his 25 years with TWA he flew presidential and campaign charters for Truman (1951), Eisenhower (1953, '54, '54), Nixon (1952), and Adlai Stevenson (1952). Voigts also served as Governor for the American Royal Livestock and Horse Show, was a past president of the Saddle and Sirloin Club, and a member of the Mounted Patrol.
Date: 2011-04-10
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Airplane and Pilot Ben Gregory
Description: Pilot identified as Ben Gregory in cockpit of plane that says "Passenger Service, Gregory Front D[rive] Motor Cars & Tr[ucks]."
Date: 1923
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Airplane and Aviators
Description: Two couples, identified as Mr. and Mrs. Russel Dick and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gregory, posed in front of airplane.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Amelia Earhart
Description: Aviator Amelia Earhart casually sitting in a chair, her knees doubled up beneath her, at the Hotel Baltimore. Earhart was in Kansas City to give a lecture at the Grand Avenue Temple on “Flying for Fun.” The event was sponsored by the Women’s City Club.
Date: 1933-10-17
Object Type: Negative

Title: Charles and Anne Lindbergh
Description: Charles and Anne Lindbergh posing with police officers and officials at Municipal Airport.
Date: 1933-04-23
Object Type: Negative

Title: Charles A. Lindbergh
Description: Postcard of Charles A. Lindbergh standing beside his airplane, Spirit of St. Louis.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Ralph Charles and Biplane
Description: Exterior view of pilot Ralph Charles standing by his biplane called Miss Buckeye. According to Edmiston's book, Mr. Charles took Joe Sanders on his first airplane ride going from Zanesville, Ohio, to Charleston, West Virginia, where the band played on October 1, 1927.
Date: 1927~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Aviator Roscoe Turner
Description: Aviator Roscoe Turner sitting in the cockpit of a plane, posing with an unidentified man.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Two Men Beside a Plane
Description: Two men, one wearing a pilot's uniform and goggles, standing beside an airplane. A sign on the side of the plane reads "Universal Aviation Schools." There is another airplane in the background parked in a hanger.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Floyd Edwin Wilhelm
Description: Portrait of Captain Floyd Edwin Wilhelm who was born October 7, 1922, in Jonesboro, Illinois, son of William and Alice Wilhelm. He served in the Pacific Theater during World War II for more than four years and carried out Berlin Airlift missions, attached to the 317th Troop Carrier Wing. He served nine months in the Korean War. He was the first pilot in charge of an R. B. 45 to fly a non-stop jet from San Francisco to Japan unescorted, making the trip in September 1951. He lost his life October 20, 1952, while giving jet training, leaving a wife Delilah and five children.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: John Raymond Winslow
Description: Portrait of John Raymond Winslow, a Lieutenant in the Army Air Corp. He was born on September 28, 1921 in Chanute, Kansas to David and Sylvia Winslow. The family moved to Kansas City, Kansas, in 1930, graduating from high school in 1939. In 1942, after finishing junior college in this area, he enlisted and trained at Randolph Field in Texas. He left the United States in March of 1944 for duty in the Italian campaign, attached to 87th Fighter Squadron, 79thFighter Group, 12th Air Force. His last mission was June 8, 1944, falling into enemy territory somewhere in northern Italy. His body was returned to the United States in 1949 and he is buried in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery. He left a wife Betty and two sons.
Date: 1944~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Frazier R. Stair
Description: A view of First Lieutenant Frazier R. Stair, 430th Fighter Squadron, 47th Fighter Group, Ninth Army Air Force, positioned in his airplane. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 9, 1920, and graduated from Westport High School and Kansas City Junior College. He was a member of the National Guard, State of Missouri, 110th Engineer Combat Battalion. After entering the Army Air Corp he went overseas in the spring of 1944 as a Second Lieutenant Fighter Pilot of a P-38. He lost his life on November 6, 1944, on a bombing mission over Germany. He was awarded many medals and is buried in Hamm Cemetery in Luxemborg.
Date: 1944~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: William W. Jacoby
Description: Portrait of William W. Jacoby, World War II pilot. He was born on October 19, 1919, at Trail, British Columbia, Canada. He moved to Kansas City in 1922 and graduated from Paseo High School, working at the Sunflower Ordinance Plant before enlisting. He received his wings in May 1944 at Lubbock Field, Texas. He was a pilot on a P-47 Thunderbird and was reported missing March 18, 1945, with his death confirmed May 24, 1945. He is buried in a United States Military Cemetery near Liege, Belgium.
Date: 1944~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Three Men Next to Airplane
Description: Three men standing in front of an airplane. The man on the right is wearing a pilot's helmet.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Youth Gathered Around Airplane
Description: Group of boys seated and standing around an airplane in front of a hanger. A pilot standing in the cockpit appears to be displaying a model airplane.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Aerial View of Plane and Pilot
Description: Aerial view of an airplane pilot standing in cockpit, possibly performing an stunt, flying above an industrial area and river.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Woman Wearing Hat and Goggles
Description: Young unidentified female wearing a hat and goggles standing next to an automobile with possible airplane hanger in the background. She appears to be a pilot.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Aviator Roscoe Turner
Description: Aviator Roscoe Turner in cockpit of plane shaking hands with unidentified man. An African American male standing nearby.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Aviator Art Goebel
Description: Aviator Art Goebel and another man standing outside of the Art Goebel School of Flying at Municipal Airport.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

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