This aircraft was written off 12 July 1978 Phelps Collins ANGB, MI

Photo: Palle Nørby Christensen

26 Mar 1956: TOS USAF; assigned to 308th Bombardment Wing, Hunter AFB, GA. Unknown date: 98th BW, Lincoln AFB, NE, from which it made its last flight on 7 Dec 1965. It landed at Wichita Airport and turned over to the Mayor. 12/69: Mounted on concrete pole on the west side of town. 16 Mar 1988:Transferred to McConnell AFB, KS, in the charge of the 184th BW. They did some basic restoration and mounted the plane on short pedestals on the base. 7/99: Removed from the pedestals and taken to a hangar for a thorough restoration. 10/99: Moved to a new position in the McConnell Air Park on Rock Road.

23 Mar 53: TOS USAF as B-47E; sent to Grand Central Aircraft Corp., Tucson, AZ, for mods. 10 Dec 53: 68th BW, Chennault AFB, Lake Charles, LA. By 2/56: 341st BW, Dyess AFB, TX. 8/58: 2nd BW, Hunter AFB, GA. 7/59: 22nd BW, March AFB, CA. 2/60: 4347th Combat Crew Training Wing, McConnell AFB, KS. 25 Apr 63: Lockheed Aircraft; converted to WB-47E. 1963: 56th Weather Recon Sqdn, Yakota AB, Japan. 1966: Air Force Museum Loan Program. 1971: Oklahoma State Fairgrounds, Oklahoma City. Ca.6/07: Kansas Aviation Museum, Wichita McConnell Airport, KS.

This is the first Cessna Skymaster, first flown from KIAB on 28 February 1961 piloted by Bill Thompson. It had c/n 633 in Cessna's experimental series. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

The 6th built Lear Jet 23 is on display at the Kansas Aviation Museum since the early nineties. Its last known registration was N111JD but at some point, while on display, the aircraft recieved its original registration and colours with which it was delivered in 1965 from the nearby Wichita Municipal Airport.

KC-135E 56-3658 flew for the Kansas ANG since 1981 at nearby Topeka Forbes Field until 1999. After a brief stint with the Washington ANG the Tanker ended up with the Kansas Aviation Museum and was put on display in 2001.

The somewhat odd looking Beech Starship saw limited succes and only 53 were built. The sale and production of the aircraft was stopped in 2003 and for this example it ended up in the collection of the Kansas Aviation Museum.