Walter H. Beech (L), pilot and President of Beech Aircraft Corporation, and Brice H. Goldsborough, of the Pioneer Instrument Corp. and navigator, standing by a Travel Air built by Beech. They demonstrated the practicability of "blind flight" and won the 1926 Ford Reliability Tour.
Date: 1926
This photograph can be used to show students how rapidly aircraft technology developed during the 1920s. This photo, taken in the late 1920s, can be compared with photographs of Cessna and Longren airplanes from the late 1910s and early 1920s to give the students an idea of how fast airplanes evolved in both appearance and performance.
KS: 7th: 4.6.A.: significance of the work of entrepreneurial Kansans in the aviation industry
Item Number: 213
Call Number: B Beech, Walter *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production - Beech
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Entrepreneur
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1880s to 1920s (Benchmark 4) - Aviation entrepreneurs (Indicator 6) - Walter and Olive Beech
Date - 1920s - 1926
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Beech, Walter Herschel, 1891-1951
People - Notable People - Goldsborough, Brice H.
Transportation - Air Travel - Companies - Beechcraft
Type of Material - Photographs
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