More radically, he foresaw an era in which airplanes would partially displace trucks and trains in the transport of people and goods. Holland reasoned that a new airport could keep the army in Kansas City. Army's plans to remove its aviation operations from the Kansas City area due to the substandard condition of and limited space allocated to Richards Field. Upon assuming this post, Holland became aware of the U.S. During his speech, Lindbergh mused that Kansas City could become the most important hub of American aviation due to its central location and the new airport's close proximity to downtown.Īll of the 1927 fanfare was possible due in large part to the efforts of Lou Holland, the president of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce since 1925. His stop in Kansas City was a part of his celebratory trip across America to promote the potential for aviation to become a mainstream, safe, and economical method of travel and trade. Courtesy of the Missouri Valley Special Collections.Īt the time, Lindbergh was enjoying unparalleled adulation just three months after his sensational solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic the first flight of its kind. Lou Holland, Conrad Mann and other unidentified people at airport dedication.
Louis, and ushered in a new era of aviation in Kansas City. Then, famed aviator Charles Lindbergh landed in his plane, the Spirit of St. McElroy, had flown in from old Richards Field in Raytown and landed on the soggy turf known as "Peninsula field," just north of downtown Kansas City. Several Kansas City leaders, including a previously-skeptical City Manager Henry F. Wheeler Downtown Airport to listen to speeches given by Charles Lindbergh and city officials in order to dedicate Municipal Airport. On August 17, 1927, a jubilant crowd of 25,000 gathered at the site of the present-day Charles B.
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