Wichita! The Air Capital of the World! Is it true? There have been 86 different aircraft companies in Kansas and 51 of them have been in Wichita. Some of them built only one aircraft while companies such as Beechcraft/Hawker Beech, Cessna, Boeing and Lear Jet/Bombardier Learjet have built thousands. At one time Wichita built 70% of all civilian aircraft built. They still build a large percentage of all civilian aircraft built. Yes!! It is true!!
The Laird Aircraft Company was located at 411 W. 1st Street. The building is no longer there. They were in existance from 1927-1930. They built 3 aircraft and their name is unknown, except Laird.
I have had an idea for a series of caches to honor those aircraft companies and some of their suppliers. It has taken awhile to gather all of the information so I have been working on it awhile!! The caches are all located as near as I could get them to one of their locations, best as I know. Please note that some of the buildings are still there, so look for them and take a picture because they are part of Wichita’s aviation history!! There are no codes to find to find a final as this series may never end, as new aircraft companies are still being formed!! I hope that you will enjoy this series of caches!!
The cache is located at: NRb Nb.LiCu W0Bk Ca.LiCu.
The cache is a magnetic key holder. Please return and secure it as good or better than you found it.
Congratulations to Lincoln B for FTF!!