Iowa City as seen from a window of the Tin Goose, June 7, 2018. A full schedule can be found at the airport’s website. Hot air balloons will fly Friday night at dusk, drone demonstrations will be held all day Saturday and a series of other events and programs will take place throughout the weekend. Other planes will be available for rides, including “Scooter,” the American Barnstormer’s four-passenger 1929 New Standard D25 (tickets $80) and Jet Air’s Cessna, available for sunset and night flights (tickets $25). Tickets to ride the Ford Tri-Motor cost $70 in advance, $75 at the door. Only a handful remain flight-worthy today EAA has brought theirs to Iowa City. It has three engines for extra reliability and a comfortable cabin considered the height of luxury for its time.įord Motor Company produced 199 Tri-Motors from 1926 to 1933, some of which flew out of the Iowa City Municipal Airport. Henry Ford’s successful attempt to break into the airline travel business, the Tri-Motor is considered to be the first plane designed for passenger transport.

The main feature of the June 8-10 anniversary celebration is the “Tin Goose” - a 1926 Ford Tri-Motor aircraft, restored and open for public rides. Though its role and services have evolved since 1918 - as has flight itself - the airport continues to grow, and this weekend it’s celebrating a century of history.

photo by Jason SmithĪbout 15 years after Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first flight in a powered aircraft, the Iowa City Municipal Airport opened on local farmland, where it remains today.

The Tin Goose, a 1926 Ford Tri-Motor aircraft at the Iowa City Municipal Airpont, June 7, 2018. Iowa City Municipal Airport, 1801 S Riverside Dr - June 8-10 IOW 100: Celebrating the First Century of Firsts

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