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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

01 Dec 2024

Page 24

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

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Dec 01, 2024

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24

Fly Wright Just Plane Art celebrates Wrights with steel planes

Cedar Rapids staged a public art project in 2003 featuring 40 steel airplane sculptures decorated by local artists to mark the Wright brothers centennial. Prototypes, artist calls, and a funded grant preceded a June unveiling amid light vandalism and community displays along the riverfront.

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Cedar Rapids Grant Wood Wright Brothers Tom Newport May’s Island Newport the Gazette Renaissance Group Weaver Witwer Trust Fund Wright Chad Hageman Wright Burlt Frank Lloyd Gazette Building Fifth Street Fly Wright Hageman
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Flight themes mark July aviation events in Cedar Rapids

Downtown Cedar Rapids hosted three aviation themed museum events in July as part of the Fly Iowa celebration at The Eastern Iowa Airport on July 5 and 6. The History Center showcased Wright brothers life during youth in Cedar Rapids while Science Station ran an IMAX film The Magic of Flight. The African American Heritage Museum hosted a Tuskegee airmen panel with Russell Collins and James Bowman. The event drew about 200000 viewers. planes began to land afterward and some remain visible downtown years later.

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