Kansas Aviation Museum

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The Kansas Aviation Museum is housed in Wichita’s original municipal airport terminal, dedicated in 1935. Our historic building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, reflects the art-deco style of its time. The rich and famous from Fred Astaire to Howard Hughes once walked its grand terrazzo halls.

The museum currently owns or has on loan 40 planes, several pending restoration. Some of the most notable planes include: a Beech Starship, a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, a 1934 Stearman Trainer, the Boeing model 717, a KC 135E refueling tanker, and a 1927 Swallow.

The museum also houses an extensive display of aircraft and engines from a variety of time periods. The control tower, added to the building in 1941, is accessible to the public and provides a view of the Wichita area. Also available to the public with prior arrangement is an archive of an estimated 200,000 photographs and documents of aviation-related memorabilia.

The Kansas Aviation Museum focuses its interest on aircraft education and memorabilia with a Kansas-connection. The building and the artifacts on exhibit inside share the very important role that Wichita and Kansas played in aviation history.

3350 South George Washington Boulevard
Wichita, KS 67210
(316) 683-9242
www.kansasaviationmuseum.org/

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