Iowa City Airport

U.S. Air Mail plane, 1922

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In October 1910, Captain Thomas Baldwin, with his aircraft Red Devil, conducted the first flight over Iowa City at the Johnson County Fairgrounds. This was additionally one of the very first flights over the state of Iowa. Soon afterwards, the land that would soon become the Iowa City Municipal Airport became popular as a landing strip for local pilots, attracted to the ease of landing due to the area

Subject	Airports
Date	5/1/1922
Creator	Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984
Coverage	Iowa City, Iowa
Rights	Educational use only.
Format	jpeg
Type	Image
Identifier	air002.jpg
Collection	Iowa City Airport
Tags	1920s, air mail, airplanes, airport, fields, people, pilots

Citation

Kent, Frederick W. (Frederick Wallace), 1894-1984, “U.S. Air Mail plane, 1922,” Iowa City Public Library DHP, accessed April 23, 2024, https://history.icpl.org/items/show/526.