Aviation in Iowa

Aviation in the United States

Iowa State Flag

Airports
Commercial – primary| 6
Commercial – non-primary| 2
General aviation| 68
Other public-use airports| 45
First flight
1850 - Hot air balloon

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 monoplane on 10 May 1910.[1]

## Events[edit]

* On 13 October 1910 Thomas Scott Baldwin demonstrated the Baldwin Red Devil at the Iowa city fair.
* September 5, 1912, Lincoln Beachey delivers the first Iowa airmail letters.[2]
* 19 July 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 DC-10 makes a crash landing with complete hydraulic failure at Sioux Gateway Airport.

## Aircraft Manufacturers[edit]

* Angel Aircraft Corporation, Orange City, Iowa Builds the AAC Angel pusher light twin.
* Grinnell Aeroplane Company (1914-1918) Grinnell, Iowa \- Manufactured early biplanes.[3]
* Central States Aero (1926-) was founded in Davenport, Iowa building an aircraft designed by Clayton Folkerts that would become the popular Monocoupe series.[4]

## Aerospace[edit]

* Adams-Farwell, Dubuque, Iowa\- An early automobile manufacturer developed radial engines used in early aircraft.[5]

## Airports[edit]

* Des Moines International Airport is the busiest airport in Iowa with 898,840 passenger movements in 2010.[6]

* List of Airports in Iowa

## Commercial Service[edit]

## Organizations[edit]

* The Iowa Aviation Promotion Group is a non-profit organization with a mission to promote aviation within Iowa[7]

## Government and Military[edit]

* 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.[8]

## Museums[edit]

* Iowa Aviation Museum, located in Greenfield, Iowa[9]
* Iowa Aviation Heritage Museum, Ankeny, Iowa[10]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Scott M. Fisher. Eastern Iowa's Aviation Heritage. p. 17.
2. ^ Scott M. Fisher. Eastern Iowa's Aviation Heritage. p. 21.
3. ^ Hollis LeRoy Muller. Manual of military aviation: prepared for the use of personnel of aircraft. p. 482.
4. ^ "Clayton Folkerts". Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
5. ^ Scott M. Fisher. Eastern Iowa's Aviation Heritage. p. 16.
6. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. 4 October 2011.
7. ^ "Iowa Aviation Promotion Group".
8. ^ "Iowa Department of Public Safety". Retrieved 11 May 2012.
9. ^ "Vintage Aircraft ." Iowa Aviation Museum. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 July 2010. flyingmuseum.com Archived 2011-04-09 at the Wayback Machine
10. ^ "Iowa Aviation Heritage Museum". Retrieved 9 May 2012.