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Link to Image Titled: Wichita Municipal Airport
Title/Object Name: Wichita Municipal Airport
Creator: Jerry Rogers
Date Original: Circa 1955
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Outside seating area at Wichita Municipal Airport. Raised, covered observation deck at right. Built in 1954, facility located on the southwest side of Wichita was renamed Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in 1973.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, airports, buildings
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Howard Eastwood Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_tms509.34.4.2

Link to Image Titled: Wind Tunnel
Title/Object Name: Wind Tunnel at University of Wichita
Creator: Don Dalrymple
Date Original: 1956
Physical Details: 7 x 5 inches
Description: Interior view of Walter H. Beech Memorial Wind Tunnel at University of Wichita (Wichita State University). John Ruptash, professor of aerospace engineering, works with students Jack Wolf and Robert Lamb. The wind tunnel has been used primarily for aviation research since the late 1940s.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, education, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: University Archives
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ua.wsu.windtunnel.1

Link to Image Titled: B-47 Stratojets at Boeing Airplane Company, Wichita Division
Title/Object Name: B-47 Stratojets at Boeing Airplane Company, Wichita Division
Creator: Boeing Airplane Company
Date Original: 1956
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Four different B-47 Stratojet models at Boeing Airplane Company, Wichita Division, used by the United States Air Force.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, military, airplanes.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.68.23.1

Link to Image Titled: Cessna Aircraft Company
Title/Object Name: Cessna Aircraft Company
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1957
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Aerial view looking south toward Cessna Aircraft Company's "Pawnee Plant." Headquarters and factory are located at 5800 East Pawnee Avenue. McConnell Air Force Base facilities and runways in background.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, aerials, business and industry, buildings, airplanes, government.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Alexander Petroff Papers
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms89-15.7.24.1

Link to Image Titled: Boy Scouts at McConnell Air Force Base
Title/Object Name: Boy Scouts at McConnell Air Force Base
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1958
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Quivira Council Explorer Boy Scouts receive instruction on E-10 Computer at McConnell Air Force Base. Rated Air Force instructor, name unknown, explains details of computer which the Boy Scouts use in 10-hour course on jet-aircraft navigation.
Keywords: Wichita; organizations, clubs and groups; people; military; aviation.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.22.2

Link to Image Titled: Municipal Airport, 6701 West Harry
Title/Object Name: Municipal Airport, 6701 West Harry
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: Circa 1960
Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches
Description: Looking south at terminal building and air traffic control tower. Listed in the 1961 City Directory with this note: "...constructed at a cost of $13-million and covering 2,240 acres. Preparations are under way to equip the Municipal Airport for the jet age." The name was changed to Mid-Continent Airport in about 1974.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, public services, transportation, automobiles, pickup trucks.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name:
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wschm_D10-6.2.1

Link to Image Titled: Delivery of First F-105 Thunderchief to McConnell Air Force Base
Title/Object Name: Delivery of First F-105 Thunderchief to McConnell Air Force Base
Creator: Kansas Air National Guard
Date Original: 1963
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Lt. Col. Ted Coukoulis, commander of 184th Tactical Fighter Training Group, is greeted by Brig. General Edward R. Fry and Lt. General Joe Nickell, right, upon delivery of first F-105 Thunderchief at McConnell Air Force Base. Technical Sergeant Billy Evans, left, prepares for post-flight inspection.
Keywords: Wichita, military, aviation, people.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.22.5

Link to Image Titled: Boeing Company Wichita Division
Title/Object Name: Boeing Company Wichita Division
Creator: Boeing Company
Date Original: Circa 1963
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Front entrance of Plant Number 2 administration building at Boeing Company Wichita Division. View is looking northwest toward building at 3801 South Oliver Street. Structure was initially completed in 1942.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms96-04.2.2a.1

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Municipal Airport
Title/Object Name: Wichita Municipal Airport
Creator: Hal Pottorf
Date Original: Circa 1964
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Aerial view of Wichita Municipal Airport. View is looking northeast. Renamed Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in 1973.
Keywords: Wichita, aerials, aviation, airports, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.39.4

Link to Image Titled: Wichita Municipal Airport
Title/Object Name: Wichita Municipal Airport
Creator: Unknown photographer
Date Original: 1965
Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches
Description: Scene at Wichita Municipal Airport showing spectators' promenade deck, control tower, terminal apron and Boeing 727 passenger jet N855TW operated by Trans World Airlines (TWA). View is looking east. Later renamed and expanded as Wichita Mid-Continent Airport.
Keywords: Wichita, aviation, business and industry, buildings.
Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works
Type: Photograph
Collection Name: Archives of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Date Digital: 2003
Identifier: wsu_ms2002-12.71.29.2

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