Marshall, Missouri, was once a hotbed of flight innovation. It’s home of the historic Nicholas-Beazley Airplane Company, founded in 1921 by two flight visionaries who started their business by upselling airplane propellers and other parts. Eventually, Russell Nicholas and Howard Beazley’s company expanded into plane production. The company also had the best-equipped and world’s largest civilian flying school of its time, with over 3,000 students. Parts for the Spirit of St. Louis, the aircraft made famous by Charles Lindbergh for the first solo transatlantic flight, were purchased from Nicholas-Beazley. At the…
