Jay Honeck wrote:
http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/article...207hangar.html
Glad it's been saved.
We're fighting our own hangar battle here, and losing. The historic
Boeing/United Hangar -- one of just seven original Boeing air mail
hangars left in the country -- is slated for demolition as soon as the
snow melts.
As anyone steeped in aviation history knows, Iowa City was at the heart
of the transcontinental airmail line -- the precursor for all commercial
aviation in America and the world. This hangar is an irreplaceable
piece of aviation history, but the FAA has deemed it to be "too close to
the runway for modern safety standards" -- and it must go.
It's so frustrating. I live in one of the most left-wing, liberal
cities in America, where government spending on ANYTHING is routinely
approved -- but (because it's not a Victorian house) our 78-year old gem
isn't even considered by our local "Historic Preservation" groups.
I remember you talking about this before. Have you contacted any of the
historic preservation groups that aren't local?