today migrate to silicon valley to seek here to planes like collide cessna and walter beech and lloyd steernum actually came here because there was lots of oil money. one of the largest oil fields in america is just to the northeast of here. the eldorado oil field. so there were lots of people with huge amounts of money as a result of oil. the people who wanted to build planes came here seeking that capital. this is a really unique building. it was the original wichita air terminal from 1934 to 1954. it's one of only 12 buildings like this built during the first round of air terminal construction that still exists. it's the only one built in what's known as the indian art deco style that exists anywhere in the country. at that time in the mid-'20s when local officials started beginning to think about a grand air terminal, charles lindbergh was traveling the country and he came to wichita with the idea it would be on the major way between los angeles and new york and he worked with local official l.w. clapp. together he and lindbergh went all over the area looking for an appropriate site, and t