Aviation in Iowa

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

Last updated October 02, 2019

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]

Iowa is a state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest, and Minnesota to the north.

The 1910 Hartman monoplane or Hartman original was the first aircraft built and flown in Iowa.

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.^[2]
19 July 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 DC-10 makes a crash landing with complete hydraulic failure at Sioux Gateway Airport.

Thomas Scott Baldwin was a pioneer balloonist and U.S. Army major during World War I. He was the first American to descend from a balloon by parachute.

The Baldwin Red Devil was a series of early pusher configuration aircraft employing steel tube construction. The aircraft were designed by Thomas Scott Baldwin.

United Airlines Flight 232 was a regularly scheduled United Airlines flight from Denver (USA) to Chicago, continuing to Philadelphia (USA). On July 19, 1989, the DC-10 serving the flight crash-landed at Sioux City, Iowa, after suffering a catastrophic failure of its tail-mounted engine, which led to the loss of many flight controls. At the time, the aircraft was en route from Stapleton International Airport to O'Hare International Airport. Of the 296 passengers and crew on board, 111 died during the accident, while 185 people survived. The crash was the fifth-deadliest one involving the DC-10, behind Turkish Airlines Flight 981, American Airlines Flight 191, Air New Zealand Flight 901, and UTA Flight 772. Despite the deaths, the accident is considered a prime example of successful crew resource management because of the large number of survivors and the manner in which the flight crew handled the emergency and landed the airplane without conventional control.

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.^[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]

Orange City is a city in and the county seat of Sioux County, Iowa, United States. The population was 6,004 in the 2010 census, an increase from 5,582 in the 2000 census. Named after William of Orange, the community maintains its Dutch settler traditions visibly, with Dutch storefront architecture and an annual Tulip Festival.

The Angel Aircraft Corporation Model 44 Angel is a twin-engine STOL utility aircraft produced in the United States since the mid-1990s. Designed by Carl Mortenson and The King's Engineering Fellowship to be well-suited for missionary work from remote locations around the world, it is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tricycle undercarriage and eight seats. The design is largely conventional, with the exception that the engine nacelles are mounted on top of the wings in a pusher configuration. Construction is aluminum throughout the airframe.

The Grinnell Aeroplane Company was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Grinnell, Iowa, that built aircraft prior to World War I.

Aerospace

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

Dubuque is the county seat of Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, located along the Mississippi River. In 2017, the population of Dubuque was 57,637.

Airports

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

Des Moines International Airport is a civil-military airport three miles southwest of Des Moines, in Polk County, Iowa. It has 21 connections to major airline hubs.

List of Airports in Iowa

Commercial Service

Organizations

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

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.^[8]

Museums

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

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References

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

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[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.