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Aviation in Iowa

Iowa's first aeronautical event was the flight of a balloon around 1850 by Professor Silas Brooks. Iowa's first powered flight was made by Art J. Hartman in his Iowa built, Hartman monoplaneon 10 May 1910.

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Events

  • On 13 October 1910 Thomas Scott Baldwin demonstrated the Baldwin Red Devil at the Iowa city fair.
  • September 5, 1912, Lincoln Beachy delivers the first Iowa airmail letters.
  • 19 July 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 DC-10 makes a crash landing with complete hydraulic failure at Sioux Gateway Airport.

    • Aircraft Manufacturers

  • Angel Aircraft Corporation, Orange City, Iowa Builds the AAC Angel pusher light twin.
  • Grinnell Aeroplane Company (1914-1918) Grinnell, Iowa - Manufactured early biplanes.
  • Central States Aero (1926-) was founded in Davenport, Iowa building an aircraft designed by Clayton Folkerts that would become the popular Monocoupe series.

    • Aerospace

  • Adams-Farwell, Dubuque, Iowa- An early automobile manufacturer developed radial engines used in early aircraft.

    • Airports

  • Des Moines International Airport is the busiest airport in Iowa with 898,840 passenger movements in 2010.
  • List of Airports in Iowa

    • Organizations

  • The Iowa Aviation Promotion Group is a non-profit organization with a mission to promote aviation within Iowa

    • Government and Military

  • All flight operations in Iowa are conducted within FAA oversight.
  • The Iowa State Patrol Air Wing was founded in 1956. It now operates 3 Cessna 182, 5 Cessna 172, and one Piper Saratoga.

    • Museums

  • Iowa Aviation Museum, located in Greenfield, Iowa
  • Iowa Aviation Heritage Museum, Ankeny, Iowa

    • References

    Aviation in Iowa Wikipedia
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