On 2008-02-07 13:07:33 -0800, "Jay Honeck" said:

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.

It cannot be moved, or torn down and re-built somewhere else?
--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor