Ah, yes...many drive-in memories. My parents took us (2 boys) often, but to pretty tame films. Saw some Martin & Lewis flicks there. Later, 1965 or so, I had a VW bus that I would park backwards with the rear door flipped up and one seat facing backwards. Would take a group of 5-6 and loll about.(They insisted I park at the rear so as not to block others.)
The classic 'souvenir' was when you accidentally (usually) forgot to replace the speaker as you left and riiippped it right off the post.
   There was usually a playground for kids right below the screen to entertain the kids while waiting for the sun to go down.

The last memories were when I was a grad student about 1970, and was invited to parties at an English profs house. The back yard was behind the last drive-in in the area. We would all go out in the back yard (many English teachers & grad students, as well as others) and watch strange movies with no sound....no matter, the ad-lib dialogue from our group was better than Hollywood would have written, anyway! Imagine watching Adam & Eve waking up in the Garden of Eden and 'discovering' each other (barely covered by strategic shrubbery) with a bunch of youngish college types providing dialog.


Here is a list of theaters in Kansas...I attended many of those near the bottom, under "Wichita"....including the Airport, the Meadowlark, the 54, the 81, and the K-42 SkyVue.
I assume you might find some of your memories there also.