About Brett

Brett Lovett - B-25 History Project Historian: Brett's aviation exposure began with occasional childhood visits to the Fairfax Municipal Airport, the old Kansas City Municipal Airport, and the new Kansas City International Airport. While in grade school, "Airplane" became one of his favorite topics in his family's World Book Encyclopedia. He recalls being rather excited by the sight of a Goodyear blimp with its "Super Skytacular" signs flying low over his house one evening, tracking it down to Fairfax Airport in the following days, and being rather disappointed when he was told he couldn’t get a ride on it. During high school he was given an unexpected opportunity through the Boy Scout Explorer program to actually take flight lessons toward soloing and becoming a private pilot. His first lessons were from the Fairfax Municipal Airport in the last few months before it was permanently closed.

While continuing flight training in college, he was given the opportunity to fly a Porterfield LP-65 "Collegiate". He had never heard of this manufacturer before and was rather surprised to find "KANSAS CITY, MO." on the data plate. Flying an airplane built in his hometown area was the spark that started his interest in local aviation history.

During a meeting in preparation for an event commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Victory in Europe at the Kansas City Downtown Airport in 1995, he met George Bauer and learned of his soon to be published book "Fairfax Ghosts, the Bomber Builders and Others Who Made a Difference." This resulted in the honor of assisting with research and ideas toward what became "A Century of Kansas City Aviation History the Dreamers and the Doers."

His grandfather worked for North American Aviation in B-25 production at both Inglewood and Kansas City. His grandmother and a few other family members also worked producing B-25s in Kansas City. He is currently employed as a pilot flying business jets across the country.