Kansas City Aero Club

The Kansas City Aero Club, also known as the Aero Club of Kansas City, was founded in 1909 in Kansas City, Missouri. The club appears to have been the host club for the James Bennett Gordon International Balloon Race of 1911, which started from Kansas City on 7 September.

Organized in 1909 by Charles J. Glidden during his automobile endurance run from Detroit to Denver and return via Kansas City. 175 members in June 1910. The club was invited to enter a balloon in the August 1910 Harvard-Boston meet. George M. Myers was president in October 1911.

Affiliated with ACA in 1910 or earlier.

Publications referring to Kansas City Aero Club or Aero Club of Kansas City

• Aeronautics (US), 1909, Aero Club of Kansas City (Simple title: Aero Club of Kansas City, Journal: Aeronautics (US))

Sources

• 5 Aeronautics (NYC) 108 (1909): 1910 NYT, 24 May and 23 June; 1910 Boston Daily Globe, 13, 14, & 16 Aug.; 1911 NYT 9 & 11 Oct.; ACA annuals (1910-1917, 1919); 2:11 Flying 34 (1913); 5 Flying 250 (1916); 6 Flying 498 (1917); 8 Flying 549 (1919); 9 Flying 50 (1920)
• Goodyear (1919), p. 11
• Dir1920.

Organization names	Kansas City Aero Club; Aero Club of Kansas City
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Country	US
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Affiliated with	ACA
Scope	Local
Started aero	1909
Ended aero	1920 or later
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• Address: Convention Hall, Kansas City (at least 1910-1915); 506 New England Building, Kansas City (1916-1920)

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