Jay

Check around the Des Moines Airport. If I understand the structure you
are talking about they had one at DM, on E side of airport, in the
30's when I few there.Was there in the 50's as I recall when I flew a
T-bird in with an Iowa student to RON and parked on the NG ramp.on
north side.

Might be some around DM that also flew through Iowa City or at least
know something about those hangers/passenger facilities, etc.

I can remember a DC-2/DC-3 taxiing into one, shut down, and doors
closed. Passengers got off and new ones got on. Doors opened, engines
cranked, and bird taxied out and took off, all in a snow storm.

Big John


On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:33:53 -0500, "Aviv Hod"
. com wrote:

Jay,
Have you tried asking Don Nelson from Greencastle? He never flew for the
airlines, but he did fly forever in and around Iowa. Surely he would have
some stories to add. Give him a call.

-Aviv

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:IFLub.247343$Tr4.755836@attbi_s03...
As many of you know, I am working on developing a comprehensive history of
the Iowa City Airport. You can see our initial efforts at
http://alexisparkinn.com/the_iowa_city_airport.htm . We are attempting
to
get the old Boeing/United hangar -- one of just seven original air mail
hangars left in the country -- put on the National Register of Historic
Places.

To this end, we need to compile a history of this grand old structure. One
huge gap in our knowledge-base is any first-person accounts from folks who
actually flew into Iowa City back when this hangar was used by the
airlines.
It was primarily used as a passenger terminal from 1930 through World War
II, but was phased out in the late '40s as aircraft became too large to
"taxi through".

This means that pilots who flew for United Airlines in that era would have
to be at LEAST 80 years old now, and passengers (who would remember) could
be as young as their late 60s.

Anyone know anyone who might fit the bill? Anyone have any suggestions
on
where else to search for someone like this?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"