This week we visit Kansas! Some of the biggest names in aviation have roots in the Sunflower State, including Clyde Cessna, Walter and Olive Ann Beech, Al Mooney, Clyde Stearman, and Bill Lear. During World War II, Wichita was a key site for Boeing’s production of the PT-17 Stearman and the famed B-29 and these plants still produce aircraft today. On the space side, 4 astronauts come from Kansas, and 15 Kansas suppliers support NASA’s Orion spacecraft.
To learn more, please visit these websites:
Nick Hague
Joseph Engle
Steve Hawley
Cosmosphere
Kubesat-1 launch
Clyde Cessna
Olivia Ann & Walter Beech
Kansas Aviation Museum
Travel Air – Cessna, Mooney, & Beechcraft
Combat Air Museum
Mid-American Air Museum
Classic Lear Jet Foundation
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