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31-452: MKC may refer to: Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport , serving Kansas City, Missouri (IATA airport code) Maksi railway station (Indian Railways code) McCormick & Company (NYSE ticker symbol) Meserete Kristos Church , an Ethiopian Anabaptist denomination Milton Keynes Central railway station (UK National Rail station code) Lincoln MKC , Lincoln automobile MKC Networks ,

62-529: A 40,000-square-foot (4,000 m ) terminal building with offices, a pilots' lounge, meeting rooms and a destination restaurant. In the year ending September 30, 2022, the airport had 114,975 aircraft operations, average 315 per day: 77% general aviation , 21% air taxi , 2.2% military , and <1% commercial . 176 aircraft were then based at the airport: 76 single-engine and 23 multi-engine airplanes , 66 jet airplanes , and 11 helicopters . National Airline History Museum The Airline History Museum

93-466: A Canadian VoIP company Mortal Kombat: Conquest , a television show based on the video game Mortal Kombat Chief Machinery Technician , a rating in the US Coast Guard Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title MKC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

124-465: A TWA atomic-powered spaceliner would look like in the faraway year of 1986. When Hughes and Disney ended their business partnership in 1962 after Hughes sold TWA, the airline's new management removed the Moonliner II reproduction from its roof and sold it to a local travel-trailer company called SpaceCraft. When SpaceCraft moved to Concordia, Missouri , in 1970, the now all-white Moonliner II landed on

155-550: A hangar to house the Constellation, but eventually reached an agreement to lease Hangar 9 at Kansas City Downtown Airport from Executive Beechcraft in 2000. The museum's director was convicted of embezzlement in 2010. In January 2011, as part of its 25th anniversary, the museum announced a goal of meeting the "Characteristics of Excellence" standards established by the American Alliance of Museums . To that end, it began

186-674: A reorganization plan, which included a complete rebranding effort to include a new membership structure, website, corporate logo, and exhibit structure within the museum building. In March 2011 the museum announced that in the continuation of its reorganization and restructure, it was being renamed the National Airline History Museum . This name change allowed it to be better positioned to receive Federal grants and other national funding. The museum announced in March, 2011 that it had teamed up with Kansas City's Roasterie Coffee Shop, with

217-698: Is an aviation museum located at the Kansas City Downtown Airport in Kansas City, Missouri focused on the history of airlines in the United States. Founded in 1986 by aviation enthusiasts Larry A. Brown and Dick McMahon, the Airline History Museum was originally known as Save-A-Connie . Brown and McMahon were joined by a number of other enthusiasts, including (then) current and former TWA employees. The museum initially considered building

248-520: Is currently being made airworthy. One of its two engines has been overhauled, while its second is still undergoing a rebuild; the exterior and interior restoration of the aircraft is nearing completion, while the installation of new carpeting and restored seats has been completed. This Douglas DC-3-G202A, registration number NC1945, serial number 3294, was built in Santa Monica, California in February 1941. It

279-463: Is currently on loan to the museum for display to both airliner and TWA enthusiasts. The Moonliner II is located about five miles from its original TWA rooftop location. The museum announced in April 2009 that it was acquiring one of the last six remaining operational Lockheed L-1011 Tristar aircraft in the U.S., its donation to the museum made possible by Paul Pristo. FAA approval was granted to ferry

310-468: Is currently, slowly being restored to operational service. As the engines were already sold prior to the purchase of the Tristar, it currently sits without engines on the apron outside the museum. Attempts to source mid-life engines are underway, so it is hoped will at least be a complete, operational example. It is possible to see it fly again, but maintenance needed to keep it in a certifiable flying condition

341-406: Is home to the National Airline History Museum . Though this museum primarily contains artifacts from TWA (due to the fact that most of its volunteers are local retired TWA employees), it is dedicated to airline history in general. A second museum, The TWA Museum, is housed in the original terminal that it was founded in at 10 Richards Road and is dedicated to the history of TWA. The airport also hosts

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372-568: Is still ongoing, with the goal being to get the Connie back in the air. The aircraft has completed several successful four engine test runs and is well on the way to becoming airworthy once again. Nicknamed "Star of America", this Constellation appeared in television and movie releases, as well as in several television commercials. It was featured in the Arts and Entertainment cable channel documentary First Flights , narrated by Astronaut Neil Armstrong , and

403-481: Is very time-consuming and expensive. Although it can be easily viewed by the public, it is open for public access for special events only. A full-motion, working Lockheed L-1011 Tristar simulator was donated to the museum by Orbital Sciences Corporation ; it was never installed and later removed from the museum's possession and transferred to a site in California. The museum also has a cockpit procedures trainer for

434-474: The Kansas City International Airport (MCI) which was opened in 1972 with all scheduled passenger airline flights being moved from MKC to MCI at that time. The April 1957 Official Airline Guide (OAG) listed the following weekday departures from MKC: The downtown airport has been renamed for Charles Wheeler who was mayor when Kansas City International opened. Richards Road, which serves

465-522: The Aviation Expo (Air Show), most years, usually in August. The airport covers 700 acres (283 ha ) at an elevation of 757 feet (231 m). It has two runways . Runway 1/19 is 6,827 by 150 feet (2,081 x 46 m) concrete with an EMAS at both ends. Runway 3/21 is 5,050 by 100 feet (1,539 x 30 m) asphalt. Construction on runway 1-19 is complete and both runways are in use to their full length. Taxiway H

496-640: The Fairfax airport and caused Kansas City to build what would become Kansas City International Airport away from the river to keep the TWA overhaul base in the area after it had been destroyed in the flood at Fairfax. On October 17, 2006, the Kansas City, Missouri, Aviation Department announced plans to build a $ 20 million aircraft hangar complex at the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport including: 122 T-hangars, 13 box hangars,

527-541: The Missouri River in Kansas City, Kansas , covered a larger area). Airplanes had to avoid the 200-foot (60 m) Quality Hill and the Downtown Kansas City skyline south of the south end of the main runway. In the early 1960s, an FAA memo called it "the most dangerous major airport in the country" and urged that no further federal funds be spent on it. A new airport was then constructed to serve Kansas City, being

558-556: The National Airline History Museum’s reorganization plan, which began in 2011, a maintenance inspection of the Martin 4-0-4 was completed in August 2011 to determine the feasibility of returning the aircraft to flying status. Rumors of extensive corrosion and insurmountable mechanical problems were found to be untrue, and a maintenance program is being developed to return the aircraft to flying condition. The museum's DC-3

589-527: The Roasterie brand being known as "The Official Coffee of the National Airline History Museum" and carrying an image of the museum's DC-3 on its coffee products. In 2013, the museum announced plans to restore its Lockheed Constellation to flight. In 2014, the museum acquired a Douglas DC-8 and attempted to have it ferried to the museum. However, the plan to store it on the ramp outside

620-431: The aircraft from Roswell, New Mexico , (ROW) to Kansas City, Missouri, (MKC). The aircraft arrived safely on January 30, 2010, shortly after 3:00 pm. This aircraft first flew in 1972 under the red-and-white colors of hometown airline TWA. Due to its large size, it is parked south of the museum's hangar at Wheeler Airport, the large tail hanging beyond the fence line surrounding the downtown airport's apron. The aircraft

651-484: The airport, is named for John Francisco Richards II , a Kansas City airman killed in World War I (and whose name was also applied to Richards Field and Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base ). Today the airport is used for corporate and recreational aviation. The terminal building today houses VML, a global advertising and marketing agency headquartered in Kansas City. Its location near downtown has excellent highway access. It

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682-532: The corporate sponsor of Disneyland 's TWA Moonliner attraction in Anaheim, CA , Howard Hughes added a 22-foot-tall (6.7 m) reproduction of Disney's one-third scale Moonliner, known as the TWA Moonliner II, atop the southwest corner of Kansas City's TWA Corporate Headquarters' Building , located at 18th Street and Baltimore, near downtown Kansas City. Disneyland's TWA Moonliner was a promotional concept of what

713-538: The hangar was rejected by the owner of the property. In 2016, the museum acquired a Boeing 727 in storage at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington . However, it was scrapped in 2021 after the museum was unable to move it. The same year, the museum announced plans to partner with the owner of a Northrop Delta to have it restored. By that time its name had reverted to the Airline History Museum . In 2020,

744-465: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MKC&oldid=745081509 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport This airport replaced the old Richards Field , located near Raytown, Missouri , as Kansas City's main airport. It

775-568: The issue. The museum sold its Constellation later that year. The museum maintains five aircraft at the site; two are in flying condition and one is undergoing restoration. An additional corporate mock-up is also on display. There were only 103 Martin 4-0-4s built. TWA operated 40 in their fleet along the U. S. east coast, while strong competitor Eastern Airlines operated the largest 4-0-4 fleet, flying 60 aircraft along that airline's eastern seaboard route, including in and around Florida. The museum's Martin 4-0-4 has not flown in years. As part of

806-547: The motion picture, Voyager released in the U. S. in 1992. The Connie's interior was also used in scenes for the 1995 movie Ace Ventura When Nature Calls , starring actor Jim Carrey . It also appeared in the 2004 movie The Aviator , directed by Martin Scorsese , which depicts the early years (late 1920s to the mid-1940s) of legendary film director and aviator Howard Hughes ; the film starred Leonardo DiCaprio , Kate Beckinsale , and Cate Blanchett . In 1956, after TWA became

837-500: The museum acquired a Ryan PT-22 Recruit that belonged to actor Harrison Ford . The museum was threatened with eviction in 2019, when the airport required the owner of the hangar, Signature Flight Support, to start paying rent. The museum was served an eviction notice in 2022. The following year the museum was locked out of their hangar. In 2024, it filed a complaint with the Federal Aviation Administration over

868-464: The south side of Interstate 70 (between Kansas City and St. Louis ) where SpaceCraft operated a campground near its trailer manufacturing plant. It slowly rusted on that spot for more than 25 years. In 1997 a Columbia lawyer who collected Disney memorabilia bought the deteriorating Moonliner II. He then began a long, careful restoration process, eventually bringing it back to its 1956 condition and sporting its original red and white TWA paint scheme. It

899-519: Was at one time part of runway 17/35, which was closed after an FAA decision on the required separation between terminal buildings and the runway. The airport is on the north side of the confluence of the Kansas River and Missouri River . Levees protected the airport relatively well during the Great Flood of 1951 and the Great Flood of 1993 although there was standing water. The 1951 flood devastated

930-534: Was dedicated as New Richards Field in 1927 by Charles Lindbergh and was soon renamed Kansas City Municipal Airport . Its prominent tenant was Trans World Airlines (TWA), which was headquartered in Kansas City. The airport was built in the Missouri River bottoms next to the rail tracks at the Hannibal Bridge . At the time, air travel was considered to be handled in conjunction with rail traffic. The airport had limited area for expansion ( Fairfax Airport across

961-437: Was delivered to Transcontinental and Western Airlines at Kansas City, Missouri, on March 4, 1941, and now resides in its original home city again. The Lockheed Super "G" Constellation ("Super-Connie"), which holds the distinction of being the first Constellation ever to be fully restored to flying condition, has not been flown to air shows in recent years. Originally donated to Save-A-Connie by Paul Pristo in 1986, maintenance

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