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KANSAS AVIATION HISTORY
SHOWS
&
PERFORMERS
SOURCES FOR
KANSAS AVIATION HISTORY
PERFORMANCES:
Kansas Humanities Council (KHC)
Speakers Bureau
SPEAKERS BUREAU CATALOG
Includes:
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Born Here:
Kansas Aviation History
A survey of Kansas aviation,
state-wide, since the beginning.
(in one part or two)
presented by
Richard Harris
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The Air Capital Story:
Wichita Aviation History
A survey of the aviation history of Wichita ,
the city that built more airplanes than any other,
from the beginning to the present.
(in one part or two)
presented by
Richard Harris
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Kansans Remember World War II,
presented by
Rachel Waltner Goossen
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From Agricultural Fields
to Air Fields:
Women Working in Kansas
presented by Ann Birney
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The Essential Eisenhower
presented by Daniel D. Holt
(Eisenhower was the first pilot to
become President of the United States)
For more information, contact the
Kansas Humanities Council (KHC)
Speakers Bureau, in Topeka
(785)357-0359
PLUS...
Kansas Aviation Stars
by
Character Re-enactors:
Skilled actor-historians bring Kansas aviation heroes to life, right before your eyes, so they can tell you -- in their "own" words -- all about the dramatic lives & times in which they lived.
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Ride into History:
Amelia Earhart
played by Ann Birney
The classic world-famous, daring woman from Kansas, who bested most men in the sky, setting records, shaping aviation, and changing forever the idea of what a woman can do.
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Clyde V. Cessna, Pioneer Pilot
played by Gary Krehbiel
Story of the Kansas farm-boy who was first to build a plane on the Great Plains, and his adventures through barnstorming, inventing & air-racing -- ultimately creating what would become the world's most prolific airplane manufacturer.
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Gladys the Riveter:
World War II Home Front Heroine
played by Teresa Bachman
(A takeoff of the "Rosie the Riveter" theme, about women in WWII aircraft factories, fighting "The Battle of Kansas," as the demands of war changed their roles in society.)
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Louise Thaden, Beech Pilot
played by Bonnie Johnson
(Thaden became a famous racer,
piloting Kansas-built Travel Air & Beechcraft airplanes, & won the 1936 Transcontinental Air Race, in a Kansas plane.)
Join us in celebrating
a Century of Kansas Aviation!
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