"Andy, My pleasure. Porterfield was my starting point for my interest in Kansas City area aviation history, sparked by getting to fly a Porterfield LP-65 when I was in college.Yes, the sign is a location reference: District 4, Block…"
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Porterfield Aircraft - 1st Factory Location
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1328 Locust Street, Kansas City, Missouri This photo was taken in 1940…Continue
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Porterfield Aircraft locations in Kansas City
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At the request of Andy Gelston, here's a tibit of information about Porterfield Aircraft in Kansas City.These are the factory addresses that I have found, with the years the company used that…Continue
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"This is wonderful, Brett! It really gives us a better sense of where our skinny birds came from, seeing these pictures of the factory locations. Ed started out with minimal funding, so he couldn't afford a lot of square footage when building…"
Porterfield Aircraft - 1st Factory Location
1328 Locust Street, Kansas City, Missouri This photo was taken in 1940 for tax assessment purposes. Advertising indicates that Porterfield was located here in 1934 & 1935. The building appears to have remained until sometime in the 1960s. See More
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"Did your father happen to work for Interstate while they were in Kansas City, located at Fairfax Airport? Information about their presence there is scarce, but it appears they were there from February 1942 to sometime between July and December…"
"I may be able to get photos of some or all those locations taken in 1940, and photos of the two that remain today. "
"It'd be cool if there were pictures of when they existed and now."
Porterfield Aircraft locations in Kansas City
At the request of Andy Gelston, here's a tibit of information about Porterfield Aircraft in Kansas City.These are the factory addresses that I have found, with the years the company used that address. I'm not certain that it includes every location, but it seems to cover the entire period.1934-19351328 Locust Street (No longer standing.)1935, 19362500 McGee Trafficway (No longer standing.)1936, 19372457 Charlotte Street (No longer standing.)1938, 1939, 1940, Feb 19411720/1726 Wabash Avenue…See More
"Understood. Just in case it helps, I have been a member of this group in the past, and I'm not sure if my old membership might still be taking up a space. I believe it was under b.lovett@att.net, but I re-registered because I…"
"Hi Brett:
We're forced to limit our membership to owners of Porterfield aircraft because our website is limited to 150 members or the price goes up significantly and we don't want to have to deal with dues, etc. However, if you were to…"
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- Kansas City area local aviation historian. Interested in Porterfield, American Eagle, Rearwin, etc. My initial tailwheel experience was in a Porterfield LP-65.
- Do you own a Porterfield Airplane? N#?
- No.
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- Yes. AMEL ASEL G
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- At 10:10pm on April 7, 2024,
Tom Porterfield said…
Welcome Brett. Glad to have you aboard. Tom
- At 9:36pm on April 7, 2024,
Andy Gelston said…
Hi Brett:
We're forced to limit our membership to owners of Porterfield aircraft because our website is limited to 150 members or the price goes up significantly and we don't want to have to deal with dues, etc. However, if you were to share with us what you can find out about Porterfield's relationship with KC in the 20s through 40s, you'd earn our gratitude. So welcome to our wee club for the skinny birds, Brett!
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