I remember a lot of controversy around Wichita and other airplane circles about whether the 85 percent scale helped or hurt the project. My belief is that it ended up hurting the final result. The light weight and almost instant build that the Rutan shop could do for an experimental airplane...
Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (ICT): After the old Wichita Mid-Continent Airport terminal closed in 2015, the new terminal opened. It was renamed after the five-star general considered one of the heroes of World War II who also became the 34th president of the United States....