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Iowa aviation hits a hundred years of flight stories
The 1920s mark the rise of practical aviation in Iowa from barnstorming shows to mail and passenger service. Key milestones include the first Iowa City air mail route in 1920 with Walter J. Smith, the 1927 Lindbergh era overflight, and early commercial flights expanding across the state.
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Iowa
Art Hartman
Burlington Country Club
Iowa Aviation
Iowa City
Walter J. Smith
Chicago
Smith
Omaha
Congress Hotel
Maquoketa
San Francisco
Jane Eads
Chicago Herald
Charles Lindbergh
Atlantic Ocean
St. Louis
U.S
Paul Shaw
Ernest LeClerc
Coggon
State Historical Society of
Gene Littlefield
Plainfield
Ill
Joliet
Steve Miller
New York