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Iowans Shaped Early Aviation History Across Iowa
A look at Iowa aviation history highlights Cedar Rapids Wright Brothers Boulevard and figures like Clyde Cessna Arthur Collins and Alexander Lippisch. From Hawkeye State beginnings with May 10 1910 first powered flight in Burlington through later pioneers, the piece traces notable aircraft, records, and early flight milestones in Des Moines Davenport and beyond.
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Iowa
Wright Brothers
Cedar Rapids
Cessna, Collins and Lippisch
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Hawthorne
Clyde Cessna
Cessna Aircraft Corporation
Kansas
Arthur Collins
Alexander Lippisch
Collins
Germany
Art Hartman
Burlington
Hartman
State Historical Museum
Des Moines
Oscar Solbrig
Davenport
Arthur
Ben Klein
Treynor
Michael O. Smith
State Historical Society of Iowa Library and Archives
Billy Robinson
Grinnell
Kentland
Ind
Chicago
Charles Lindbergh
Robins
Francis Stimson
Oelwein
Lindbergh
Atlantic Ocean
Clarence Duncan Chamberlin
Denison
New York
Berlin
Atlantic
Amelia Earhart
Neta Snook
Ames
Kinner Field
Los Angeles
J. Herman Banning
Oklahoma
Banning
Iowa State College
Ray Fisher
Miss Ames
Dave
Rasdal
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