Once you get the hangar listed, then all you have to do is write a
grant proposal:

Thanks for the ideas, Larry -- but no one wants the hangar put on the
historic register and have it declared immovable. If this were to happen,
our newly extended runway would be far less usable, because the new approach
minimums will be set based on obstructions in the clear zone.

Since the old hangar is right, smack in the new clear zone, right next to
the runway, this would be catastrophic for the airport. We've waited since
WWII for this new runway extension, and I'm not going to be part of anything
that would jeopardize it.

Now we can argue all day about the FAA's logic of declaring lower clear
zones due to the removal of a hangar that has been sitting next to the
runway for over 77 years -- but I think we both know that's a losing battle.
Rules are rules.

No, the only solution is to move it -- and no one wants to move it.
Therefore, it's going to come down.

What's truly sad is that we've got two major events in Iowa City this summer
that would greatly benefit from the old airmail hangar. The "American
Barnstormers Tour" is kicking off their summer tour in Iowa City in June,
and the "Antique Aircraft Association" is going to be celebrating the 80th
anniversary of airmail flights in America by reenacting the airmail flights
that came through Iowa City -- in the authentic aircraft that did it
originally!

Both of these organizations have appealed to our airport commission, in
hopes of using the original Boeing/United hangar during their visits -- to
no avail. If the plans go forward, the hangar will be long gone before
either of these events...

:-(
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"