![]() From 1939 to 1944, 2,500 pilots were trained at the airport in conjunction with the University of Iowa College of Engineering. Navy military training in Iowa City expanded. The war brought new activity to the airport as U.S. United, the acting airport manager, also withdrew during this time, and airport staff elected the first Airport Commission, a board that continues today. The start of World War II halted funding for half-paved runways that wouldn’t be completed until after the war. In 1927, the first commercial passenger flight came into Iowa City that same month, Boeing Air Transport, who handled certain airmail routes, assumed responsiblity for the airport, and ultimately invested more than $200,000 in improvements - equivalent to well over $1.5 million today.īy 1940, three United flights were going in and out of Iowa City every day. It became a designated fuel stop for transcontinental air mail flights in 1921 (just five months after the system started). The Iowa City Municipal Airport is the third most active general aviation airport in Iowa, and the oldest civil airport west of the Mississippi. Iowa City as seen from a window of the Tin Goose, June 7, 2018. A full schedule can be found at the airport’s website. Hot air balloons will fly Friday night at dusk, drone demonstrations will be held all day Saturday and a series of other events and programs will take place throughout the weekend. Other planes will be available for rides, including “Scooter,” the American Barnstormer’s four-passenger 1929 New Standard D25 (tickets $80) and Jet Air’s Cessna, available for sunset and night flights (tickets $25). Tickets to ride the Ford Tri-Motor cost $70 in advance, $75 at the door. ![]() ![]() Only a handful remain flight-worthy today EAA has brought theirs to Iowa City. It has three engines for extra reliability and a comfortable cabin considered the height of luxury for its time.įord Motor Company produced 199 Tri-Motors from 1926 to 1933, some of which flew out of the Iowa City Municipal Airport. Henry Ford’s successful attempt to break into the airline travel business, the Tri-Motor is considered to be the first plane designed for passenger transport. ![]() The main feature of the June 8-10 anniversary celebration is the “Tin Goose” - a 1926 Ford Tri-Motor aircraft, restored and open for public rides. ![]()
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