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02-22-2010, 05:43 PM
takedown
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That's interesting; I had no idea about that. What happened? Memphis and Cincinati have sort of devolped as the hubs of the Midwest... Wichita is much more central geographically. That's really intereting... I wonder if this played any roll in Flint's pilot qualification.
Not to get on the political, financial or on the economical soap box. It was the 1930's depression. No one was buying aircraft. Wichita, wouldnt be be able to recover until 1940. When the government wanted military Trainers and Bombers. One of the more interesting notes was when the public never knew what Boeing Plant II was being built for. Starting November 1941 it was secretly producing 1000+ bombers. Apparently the public didnt know until June of 1944 that it was the birthplace of the B-29 Super-Fortress.
Then during the early 50's when the Jet age started. it became so busy with commercial and Air Force traffic. That by 1952 Wichita Municipal Airport was wanted by the airforce to re-teach Bomber pilots, since the B-47 & B-52's was built here. So the Air Force bought the Airport and turned it into McConnell AFB and share the runway with Boeing, and paid Wichita Airport to move west, and built Mid-Continent Airport. Ironically, it still can't handle a Boeing 747. So thats the short answer of why Wichita didnt become a hub.
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