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Researching Airport History -- Help, please!
As many of you know, I have been working on a comprehensive history of
the Iowa City Airport. This task was thrust upon me as a required adjunct to our project of saving our Boeing/United hangar -- one of just seven original air mail hangars still standing nationwide. While researching this incredible hangar it became painfully obvious that no comprehensive history of the building -- or the airport -- existed. Since "Step One" of placing a building on the National Register of Historic Places is to document its historic importance, you can see how this endeavor quickly expanded. Thanks to some generous donations, I have recently added many new photos and historic tidbits (see the entire history at www.alexisparkinn.com/the_iowa_city_airport.htm). However, I am still in search of the following: 1. Pilots Who Flew United Airlines Into Iowa City. Airline service was continuous from the early 1920s until 1972. Until around 1950, airline passengers embarked from the historic Boeing/United Hangar, a truly unique piece of aviation history. I have been unable to find any pilot who actually used that facility for what it was intended (It was designed so that you could taxi in one side, close the gigantic doors, unload in climate-controlled comfort -- and then taxi out the other side.) Pilots who may have flown into Iowa City during that time are at least 75 or 80 years old now, so time is running out on finding them. Please, if you know any old, retired United Air Lines pilots, please ask them if they ever flew into Iowa City. If they say "yes" -- please let me know ASAP! 2. Passengers Who Flew United Airlines Into Iowa City. I have been unable to find anyone who actually flew into the Boeing/United hangar facility. Again, if you know anyone who flew into Iowa City prior to 1950, please let me know. 3. Pilots/Passengers Who Flew Ozark Airlines Into Iowa City. After 1959, Ozark took over airline service from United. Although this post-dates the use of the Boeing/United hangar (a new terminal was in use by then), it would still be great to interview someone who flew into or out of Iowa City during this era. Thanks for any help! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA AOPA Airport Support Network Volunteer 1st Lt. CAP, Hawkeye Squadron Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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