Starting in September 2011 (Kansas Aviation’s 100th Anniversary Month), the Kansas Aviation Centennial is a year-long, state-wide commemoration of the state’s most spectacular major industry. The Centennial Committee organizes, conducts, and supports activities and projects that spread the knowledge, appreciation, and understanding of Kansas aviation and its history. To commemorate this nearly-overlooked major milestone in Kansas progress, a group of Kansas historians and aviation experts from different parts of the state (chiefly in the Wichita area), joined together, on relatively short notice, to produce the Kansas Aviation Centennial. But we can’t do it alone. Your participation and support are needed to bring alive the past — and illuminate the future — of the high-tech industry that makes Kansas famous around the globe. Join the Centennial Boosters, participate in Centennial Events, and share the story of Kansas’s leading role in the world’s most dynamic industry. Opportunities for volunteers abound, and additional Centennial Committee members are being recruited. The Centennial depends upon community support. Please contribute to the cause.
The Kansas Aviation Centennial Committee
* = also Member of the KACC Panel of Historians
Acting Chairman:
Richard Harris *
Consultant,
Richard Harris & Assoc.
Kansas Aviation Historian,
Kansas Humanities Council
Member/Journalist,
American Aviation Historical Society
Certified Aeronautics Instructor
Wichita
Jay Price, Ph.D. *
Director of Public History
Wichita State University
Member, Board of Directors,
Kansas Humanities Council
Member, Nat’l Council on Public History
Wichita
Brian Youngers, Pilot
President,
Kansas Commission
on Aerospace Education
General Manager,
Wells Aircraft Service
Hutchinson
Walt House *
Curator & Historian
Kansas Aviation Museum
(Smithsonian Institute affiliate)
Wichita
Jim Bert, MA, History
Director
Mid-America Aviation Museum
Liberal
Frank J. Rowe *
Aviation Design Executive
Kansas Aviation Historian & Author
Founding Member,
Kansas Historical Society
Member, Experimental Aircraft Assn.
Member, Antique Aircraft Assn.
Wichita
Mark Vittorini
Aerospace Structures/Systems Designer
President
Air Capital IPMS Modelers
Wichita
Steve Alexander, AMT
Pilot & Aircraft Technician
Member,
Professional Aviation Maintenance Assn.
Oxford/Topeka
Carl Chance
Editor & Webmaster
WingsOverKansas.com
Air Capital Report online
Wichita
KACC non-member,
on the KACC Panel of Historians:
John Davis *
Former Director,
AvData International
Author, several aviation history books
Wichita / United Kingdom