In 1924, Cessna partnered with Lloyd C. Stearman and Walter H. Beech to form the Travel Air, Inc., a biplane manufacturing firm. This company was based in Wichita. In 1927, Clyde Cessna left Travel Air and formed his own company, the Cessna Aircraft Company. Instead of producing biplanes...
The first tall tower of the day belonged to Mahoney State Park, just west of the above, and only 30 miles from home. We “children of the corn” live a ways away from the river, as do the cows, pigs, and soybeans you can’t see from up here. Slow and shallow runs this river ...