COME FLY WITH ME

BY NATHAN GUNTER

Since the early days of flight, Oklahoma has been a hub for aviation—from airplane manufacturing to space exploration. Trek through some of the state’s most high-flying history.

CLYDE CESSNA TESTED his creations in northwestern Oklahoma near Jet. Stop at the Alva Regional Airport Museum in the Alva airport terminal for displays on Cessna’s work plus antique airplane parts and World War II artifacts. » (580) 327-2898

IN 1929, THE Transcontinental Air Transport line added a stop in Waynoka, drawing Will Rogers and Amelia Earhart to the town. Learn about it at the Waynoka Air Rail Museum in the town’s old Harvey House and Santa Fe train depot. » waynoka.org

MANGUM NATIVE PAUL Powell flew the Stinson SM-8 aircraft Wings