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Title
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Busch Voigts Obituary
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Description
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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.
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Date
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2011-04-10
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Municipal Airport
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Description
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View of the terminal building at Municipal Airport, looking toward the southeast with the Kansas City skyline in the background. There are TWA airplanes on the ground and the Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. (TWA) airport hanger building is in view.
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Date
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1939
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 9, 1930-1957, Page p1117
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from about E. 91st Street south to Bannister Road and from Troost Avenue east to about Woodland Avenue, showing the Naval Industrial Reserve Plant and surrounding buildings at Troost Avenue and Bannister Road (95th Street).
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Date
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1930/1957
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Object Type
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Map
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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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Transcontinental and Western Air (TWA)
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Description
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Book contains several references in the index to Transcontinental and Western Air known as TWA in reference to air mail service in the United States.
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Date
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2002
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Object Type
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Book Section
