"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:Vfdpb.87457$Tr4.224035@attbi_s03...
Please see: http://alexisparkinn.com/the_iowa_city_airport.htm

Here's why:

Mary and I have been researching the history of the huge, old
Boeing/United
Airlines/US Post Office air mail hangar, located just across Rwy 25 from
the
Inn here in Iowa City. According to Bill Tinkler, one of our summertime
guests (and a retired United Airlines pilot), this hangar is one of just
seven original air mail hangars still standing in the country.

snip
1. There is no "official history" of the Iowa City Airport, in print or
on-line, despite Iowa City's pioneering position in early commercial
aviation.
snip

Jay,

I'm sure the U of I has a history department with graduate students looking
for some topic to research and write a thesis. I don't know if you can
find anybody there, but why don't you try getting with the department
chairman and see if they're interested? You know they (the grad students)
have the time to do a good job because that IS there job lol. Maybe they'd
be interested in doing a thing on trans hubs during the airmail days and the
birth of the industry yada yada.

Worth a try unless you're into it yourself for the fun of it.

Jim
History major