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Tables of Contents for Rearwin
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
 
Preface
xi
 
Part One --- The First Half Century
Let's Build an Airplane!
3
4
From the Beginning...
7
5
Birth of a Salesman
12
7
All in the Family
19
5
Family Feud
24
6
The Twenties Man
30
11
Part Two --- The Airplane Years: 1928-1942
The Aircraft Decision --- The Ken-Royce Biplane
41
8
Kansas City, Here I Come
49
11
Fencing with Foxes --- Rearwin Airplanes, Inc.
60
6
The All-Kansas Air Tour, 1929
66
5
The ``Powder Puff'' Debacle
71
10
More Races, Tours, and Disappointment
81
18
Ken-Royce and Then ``Junior''
99
13
Fingers in the Dike
112
5
The Speedster Saga
117
8
The Sportster Series
125
18
Transitions
143
6
Merry Christmas from Uncle Sam
149
9
Rearwin Aircraft and Engines, Inc.
158
2
A Partnership Dissolved
160
3
The Cloudster
163
16
The Skyranger, Last of the Breed
179
9
Facing the Forties
188
7
Part Three --- Finesse and Finality
A Time to Fold 'Em
195
6
Closing the Sale
201
4
Loose Ends
205
4
Commonwealth Aircraft, Inc.
209
5
Among the Palms
214
78
Afterword
219
2
Notes
221
6
Part Four --- Appendices
A Whatever Happened to...?
227
8
B The Rearwin Club, 1960-1996
235
6
C Rearwin Factory Brochures, Aircraft Specifications, and Articles
241
49
D References and Further Reading
290
2
Index
292