Anyone here fly Convair 440 Metropolitans?

My father, William, was a famous photographer and had a huge job at the
Stanford Medical School in the 1950's.

http://tinyurl.com/6vgpo

Your Dad invented the VIEWMASTER????

That is so cool! That was my favorite toy growing up! (And, I imagine, a
few million others just like me...) We all owe your family a debt of
gratitude.

What did he do at Stanford?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Dr. Bassett dissected human bodies and my father took 3-D photos of same.
They always smoked cigars while doing the work.

These photos have been digitized and are used in medical schools today.

http://tinyurl.com/667ns

Best,
Karl

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:8ndnd.425443$D%.89970@attbi_s51...
My father, William, was a famous photographer and had a huge job at the
Stanford Medical School in the 1950's.

http://tinyurl.com/6vgpo

Your Dad invented the VIEWMASTER????

That is so cool! That was my favorite toy growing up! (And, I imagine, a
few million others just like me...) We all owe your family a debt of
gratitude.

What did he do at Stanford?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay,

Convairs could and did use IOW on a regular basis, field is plenty
long for them. Most all have been converted to the 580 (turboprop).

Ozark ran DC-3s pretty heavily, then the Fokker/FH-227 turboprop and
DC-9s. All would fit at IOW, although I don't recall whether they
ever ran the DC-9s in there. For some reason I seem to recall that
various college teams came into IOW in DC-9s but I'm not sure. Friend
of mine who is a United captain now went to college at Iowa and flew
out of IOW at the time. I'll ask him what he recalls coming into the
airport.

Warmest regards,
Rick

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:BJUmd.419737$D%.332315@attbi_s51...
I've received word from an old United pilot that they used to fly the
Metropolitans into Iowa City until 1959 or so. Anyone here ever flown one?

Can anyone comment on how much runway this plane would have needed?

Also, anyone here ever fly for Ozark? They took over service into IOW from
United in '59, and flew into Iowa City until '72. I'm wondering what kind
of planes they flew into smaller airports like ours?

Thanks in advance!

Rick Durden wrote:

Jay,

Convairs could and did use IOW on a regular basis, field is plenty
long for them. Most all have been converted to the 580 (turboprop).

Ozark ran DC-3s pretty heavily, then the Fokker/FH-227 turboprop and
DC-9s. All would fit at IOW, although I don't recall whether they
ever ran the DC-9s in there. For some reason I seem to recall that
various college teams came into IOW in DC-9s but I'm not sure. Friend
of mine who is a United captain now went to college at Iowa and flew
out of IOW at the time. I'll ask him what he recalls coming into the
airport.

I remember a 15 minute show every Sunday morning in the Twin Cities that
we watched before going to church, probably earl 70's. It was some type
of flying show made by North Central Airways, basically a 15 minute
advertisement for the airline. Lots of flying scenes with whatever
airplanes they were using in those days. Anybody else remember that show?

You're thinking of the World of Aviation, hosted by Sherm Booen. See
http://www.pavekmuseum.org/Booen.htm for a bit of his story.

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Rick Durden wrote:

Jay,

Convairs could and did use IOW on a regular basis, field is plenty
long for them. Most all have been converted to the 580 (turboprop).

Ozark ran DC-3s pretty heavily, then the Fokker/FH-227 turboprop and
DC-9s. All would fit at IOW, although I don't recall whether they
ever ran the DC-9s in there. For some reason I seem to recall that
various college teams came into IOW in DC-9s but I'm not sure. Friend
of mine who is a United captain now went to college at Iowa and flew
out of IOW at the time. I'll ask him what he recalls coming into the
airport.

I remember a 15 minute show every Sunday morning in the Twin Cities that
we watched before going to church, probably earl 70's. It was some type
of flying show made by North Central Airways, basically a 15 minute
advertisement for the airline. Lots of flying scenes with whatever
airplanes they were using in those days. Anybody else remember that show?

You're thinking of the World of Aviation, hosted by Sherm Booen. See
http://www.pavekmuseum.org/Booen.htm for a bit of his story.

That broadcasting museum looks like it would be fascinating. Have you been
there?

Is it worth the flight up to Minneapolis?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay,

Spoke with my friend. He said airline service had left IOW by the
time he went there to college. He didn't recall seeing any DC-9s and
indicated that the runway would be tight for them if loaded at all.

Warmest regards,
Rick

Jay Honeck wrote:

I've received word from an old United pilot that they used to fly the
Metropolitans into Iowa City until 1959 or so. Anyone here ever flown
one?

Can anyone comment on how much runway this plane would have needed?

Also, anyone here ever fly for Ozark? They took over service into IOW
from
United in '59, and flew into Iowa City until '72. I'm wondering what kind
of planes they flew into smaller airports like ours?

Thanks in advance!

Ozark airlines. Now there's a name I haven't heard for a while.

I never flew with them but my father traveled a lot back then and I can
remember many times it was on Ozark. I used to love to go to the airport
for the pick ups and drop offs. Probably contributed to my developing the
aviation 'itch'.

He probably went to Iowa City once in a while. Unfortunately he is no longer
here to ask.

Thanks for bringing back some long ago memories.


--
Frank....H