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, 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!!
Cessna Wallace/Mid Continent Aircraft Company is located at 1 West Cessna Boulevard in Wihcita, KS. The building is still there and many more new ones have been added. They have been located here since 1927 to present. They have built 10s of thousands and are still building them. The different models have many different names but all are referred to as Cessna Jets or Props. If you look up you may see one flying. There are Cessnas on display at the Kansas Aviation Museum but they do not have any Cessna jets, yet!!
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 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 caches is a cammo pill bottle. Please return and secure it as good as or better than you found it!!
Congratulations to VicknRandy for being FTF!!