Thomas A. Wikle, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Geography
Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma aviation history articles published in Chronicles of Oklahoma:
Ft. Sill and the Birth of U.S. Combat Aviation
World War II and the Story of Douglas Aircraft Plants in Tulsa and Midwest City
Waynoka and the Birth of Transcontinental Air Service (co-authored with Dale Lightfoot)
The Legacy of U.S. Army Flight Training in Oklahoma, 1941-45
Transcontinental Crossroads: Oklahoma’s Lighted Airway in the 1930s
Oklahoma’s Airline: Early Years of Braniff Airways
Winning an Air Race Across the Pacific: Frank Phillips and the Woolaroc
Not yet published (contact me for a copy):
Wheatfields and Bomber Bases: The Origin of Oklahoma’s Airfields and Airports
Airplanes and the Oil Capital of the World: William G. Skelly’s Imprint on Aviation in Tulsa, 1927-1942
Six Months of Sonic Booms: Oklahoma City and US Efforts to Build a Supersonic Airliner