Airline History Museum, Kansas City, MO PIREP

Jay,

Thanks for the review.

I've always liked Downtown Airport. It's a perfect location for an air
museum, being close to where the people are as well as being on an
airport (don't know how many air museums that I've visited that are
located on airports that simply can't make it because no one is willing
to drive out to them - just at the one at Charles Schultz Airport at
Santa Rosa, Ca., and it's in very sad shape).

In the '70s I flew freight into Downtown and Fairfax (the airport that
was located immediately across the river from Downtown, their patterns
intersected - in fact, they shared a common ILS landing to the north,
at the middle marker you made a left turn if you wanted to land on
Fairfax). First time in there in the middle of the night, it was kind
of odd breaking out of the clag and seeing the buildings of K.C. off
the right wing. I always wondered how the old piston airliners came
out of there, with their flat climb gradient. I'd like to have been
around when the DC-3s were coming out of Downtown and all the B-25s
were coming out of the North American factory across the river at
Fairfax. Must have been something.

As a kid, I rode Braniff through Downtown a couple of times in either
Martins or Convairs (don't recall) but I wasn't old enough to
understand how the airpot was in a bowl and what was involved in
getting in and out.

BTW, how did you enjoy landing over the levee that keeps the Missouri
River off the airport? Wonder how many heavily loaded airplanes have
it it on takeoff.

Warmest regards,
Rick

BTW, how did you enjoy landing over the levee that keeps the Missouri
River off the airport? Wonder how many heavily loaded airplanes have
it it on takeoff.

Mary was PIC, and we came in really high. In fact, on short final I
commented to her (rather wryly, I thought) that we could "land anytime
now" after we had floated some 2000 feet down the runway. From that
altitude, I didn't notice any levee, but we had plenty of runway to
spare.

I think perhaps we were just too awestruck by the proximity of the
downtown buildings, and the size of the huge railyard that is adjacent
to the airport, to notice the levee!

I found the whole experience to be enjoyable, and I suspect we will be
visiting Kansas City often!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

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"Jay Honeck" wrote:

Mary was PIC, and we came in really high. In fact, on short final I
commented to her (rather wryly, I thought) that we could "land anytime
now" after we had floated some 2000 feet down the runway

making that kind of comment sounds dangerous. or Mary is a saint.

--
Bob Noel
looking for a sig the lawyers will like

Bob Noel wrote:

making that kind of comment sounds dangerous. or Mary is a saint.

One of the benefits of owning a hotel. When Mary makes him "sleep on the couch",
he just moves into a suite for a while. :-)

George Patterson
He who marries for money earns every penny of it.

making that kind of comment sounds dangerous. or Mary is a saint.

One of the benefits of owning a hotel. When Mary makes him "sleep on the
couch",
he just moves into a suite for a while. :-)

Luckily it hasn't come to that yet...

I must admit that my mouth gets ahead of my brain every now and then.
Luckily for me, Mary and I will be celebrating 20 years of marriage this
year (and THIRTY years together, counting dating, next year!) -- so I think
she's thoroughly used to me by now...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Bob Noel" wrote

making that kind of comment sounds dangerous. or Mary is a saint.

--
Bob Noel

Are you kidding? If you have met Jay, you *know* Mary is a Saint! Bfg
--
Jim in NC

Are you kidding? If you have met Jay, you *know* Mary is a Saint! Bfg

Amen, brother!

I'm the luckiest guy around, for sure.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"