Kansas Aviation Website to Expand Educational, Historical and Feature Article Content

Carl Chance, "Wichita, Air Capital of the World" native and former News Conmsultant/Correspondent and Producer for Wingspan Air & space Channel, is developing new educational, historical and feature article content for the Kansas based avaition website, WingsOverKansas.com .

August 24, 2004 -- Carl Chance, creator and owner of WingsOverKansas.com and current Board Trustee for the Kansas Aviation Museum, will develop selected educational, historical and feature article content for the site. Mary Halsig Aviation Educator, has been slated to serve as Education Director to develop standardized aviation education lesson planse for various school age groups/grades to be offered free to teachers and students on the web site. Halsig received the coveted Frank G. Brewer Memorial Aerospace Award in 1997 as Top Recipient in the North Central CAP Region, and for her success as Flight Program Coordinator for the Children's Museum of Wichita, and as Education Director for the Kansas Aviation Museum. She holds a degree of Master of Education in Instructional Technology.

An alliance has also been formed with Beyond Web Design, a web development and marketing firm in Wichita, Kansas. They will serve as a major player in the further design, site ranking, marketing and growth of WingsOverKansas.com. Their client profile is local, regional and national in scope with aircraft industry sites making up a part of the client mix.

WingsOverKansas.com is recognized by McGraw-Hill as one of the Top 500 Best Aviation Web Sites, with visitors from all 50 states and from over 140 countries worldwide. WingsOverKansas.com offers a unique global perspective on the role of Wichita and Kansas in the history and development of International aviation. It profiles the achievements and growth of aviation pioneers like Clyde Cessna, Dwane Wallace, Walter and Olive Ann Beech, William Lear and many others, and the companies they founded.

WingsOverKansas.com site features are News, History, Profiles of Aviation Hall of Fame Pioneers, Feature Articles, Book Reviews, Quizzes, 100th Anniversary of Flight, Learn-To-Fly, Education, Careers, Aircraft Photo Galleries, Forum, Links and a Product Store.

WingsOverKansas.com Advisory Council is made up of over 20 esteemed aviation authors, historians and aerospace professionals to oversee the content and provide their perspective and expertise. A few of these include Walter J. Boyne, former director of the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum and well known aviation author/historian, and Edward H. Phillips southwest bureau chief for Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine and author/historian.

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