The Iowa Aviation Museum is located at the Greenfield Municipal Airport in Greenfield, Iowa

Greenfield, Iowa

Greenfield is a city in Greenfield Township, Adair County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,129 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Adair County. The current courthouse, which sits in the middle of the Greenfield Square, was built in 1891 and is listed on the National Register of...

, and is dedicated to preserving Iowa's aviation heritage. The Iowa Aviation Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame

A hall of fame, wall of fame, walk of fame, walk of stars or avenue of stars is a type of attraction established for any field of endeavor to honor individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field...

, located at the museum, honors Iowans who have contributed significantly to the growth of aviation.

Collection

The Iowa Aviation Museum has eleven civil aircraft on display, including some rare examples of early flying machines from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. The museum's collection includes:

• 1941 de Havilland Tiger Moth
  De Havilland Tiger Moth
  The de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and was operated by the Royal Air Force and others as a primary trainer. The Tiger Moth remained in service with the RAF until replaced by the de Havilland Chipmunk in 1952, when many of the surplus aircraft...
  
  , Australian Model
• 1946 Piper J-3 Cub
• 1928 Curtiss Robin
  Curtiss Robin
  |-See also:-References:NotesBibliography*Bowers, Peter M. Curtiss Aircraft 1907–1947. London: Putnam, 1979. ISBN 0-370-10029-8.-External links:* * ****...
  
  
• 1929 Northrop Primary Glider
• 1937 Piper J-2
• 1941 de Havilland Tiger Moth
  De Havilland Tiger Moth
  The de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and was operated by the Royal Air Force and others as a primary trainer. The Tiger Moth remained in service with the RAF until replaced by the de Havilland Chipmunk in 1952, when many of the surplus aircraft...
  
  , Canadian Model
• 1941 Aetna-Timm Aerocraft
• 1946 Taylorcraft, BC12
• 1957 Schweizer 1-20
• 1932 Mead Primary Glider
• 1968 Pitts Special S1S
• 1975 Easy Riser Glider
• A-7D Corsair II
• AH-1 Huey Cobra Gunship
• 1929 Pietenpol Replica
• 1931 Kari Keen
• 1929 Stearman
  Stearman Aircraft
  Stearman Aircraft Corporation was an aircraft manufacturer in Wichita, Kansas. Although the company designed a range of other aircraft, it is most known for producing the Model 75, which is commonly known simply as the "Stearman" or "Boeing Stearman"....
  
  
• 1963 Cherokee II Sailplane

Iowa Aviation Hall of Fame

The Iowa Aviation Hall of Fame began in 1990 and preceded the opening of the Iowa Aviation Museum. According to the museum's website, "Nominations to the Hall of Fame are accepted until February 1st of each year. A selection committee, appointed by the Museum's Board of Directors, evaluates the nominations on a point system. A permanent tribute for each Hall of Fame inductee is featured at the Museum. The Museum is the only place in Iowa which focuses on the state's aviation heritage."

Iowa Aviation Hall Of Fame Inductees By Year

1990

• Ann Holtgren Pellegreno: First woman to serve as a Commissioner for both the Iowa Aeronautics Commission and the Iowa Department of Transportation
  Iowa Department of Transportation
  In the U.S. state of Iowa, the Iowa Department of Transportation is the state government organization responsible for the organization, construction, and maintenance of the primary highway system...
  
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• John and Yvonne Schildberg: John's fascination with vintage aircraft and Yvonne's generosity resulted in the presentation of ten antique aircraft to the Greenfield community which was the foundation of the Iowa Aviation Museum.
• John Wesley Cable: Constructed the first airport in Waterloo, Iowa in 1927.
• William "Billy" Robinson
• Wyman Fiske Marshall: A member of the “Three Musketeers,” the first aerobatic flying team in the United States, from 1928-1929 and United States Marine Corps
  United States Marine Corps
  The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
  
   Brigadier General.

1991

• Aden "Bite" Livingston
• Arthur J. Hartman
• Don Ultang
  Don Ultang
  Don Ultang was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer.Born in Fort Dodge, Iowa on March 23, 1917, Ultang was raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He attended the University of Iowa, earning a degree in economics in 1939. Shortly after his graduation from college, he was hired by the Des Moines...
  
  
• Ila Fox Loetscher

1992

• Charles A. Horner
• Neta Snook Southern: Taught Amelia Earhart
  Amelia Earhart
  Amelia Mary Earhart was a noted American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first woman to receive the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean...
  
   how to fly.
• Sidney "Sid" Cleveland

1993

• Clarence Duncan Chamberlin
  Clarence Duncan Chamberlin
  Clarence Duncan Chamberlin was the second man to pilot a fixed-wing aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York to the European mainland, while carrying the first transatlantic passenger.-Early life:...
  
  
• Clayton Folkerts
  Clayton Folkerts
  - Early life :Self taught in aircraft design, Clayton built five aircraft at his family farm between 1916 and 1926, including a Henderson powered high-wing....
  
  
• Louis "Andy" Anderson
• Nellie Vos Ruby

1994

• Eugene Burton Ely
  Eugene Burton Ely
  Eugene Burton Ely was an aviation pioneer, credited with the first shipboard aircraft take off and landing.-Background:...
  
  
• JC Pemberton
• Luther H. Smith
• Robert L. Taylor
  Robert L. Taylor
  Robert L. Taylor, born in Ottumwa, Iowa in 1924, is the founder and president of the Antique Airplane Association Inc. as well as co-founder and Chairman of the Board of the Airpower Museum with which organization he shares ownership of Antique Airfield in Blakesburg, Iowa.For the majority of...
  
  

1995

• John Livingston
  John Livingston
  John Allen Livingston was a Canadian naturalist, broadcaster, author, and teacher. He was most known as the voice-over of the Hinterland Who's Who series of television zoological shorts in the 1960s....
  
  
• Ralph E. Piper
• Robert Freyermuth

1996

• Carl G. Zeliadt
• Grant H. Woldum
• Howard V. Gregory

1997

• Charles W. Fink
• Donald A. Luscombe
  Donald A. Luscombe
  Donald Arthur Luscombe was an American businessman and entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder of Luscombe Aircraft, a company which produced an advanced sheet-metal-fuselage light aircraft during the 1930-1950 time period in the United States.-Biography:Luscombe was born on May 25, 1895,...
  
  
• Herbert R. Elliott
• William Norman Reed

1998

• Avery "Jack" Ladd
• Elvin F. Knotts
• Robert W. Williams
  Robert W. Williams
  Robert Wayne Williams was convicted of the January 5, 1979 murder of Willie Kelly, a 67 year old security guard. He was executed in 1983 by the State of Louisiana by electric chair...
  
  

1999

• Charles Gatschet
• Clifton P. "Ole" Oleson
• Harold B. Miller

2000

• Hartley A. "Hap" Westbrook

2001

• Ralph Weberg
• Robert Parmele
• Russell and Dolly Zangger

2002

• Carl Bates
• Glenn L. Martin

2003

• Louis Schalk
• Walter Cunningham
  Walter Cunningham
  Ronnie Walter Cunningham , known as Walt Cunningham, is a retired American astronaut. In 1968, he was the Lunar Module pilot on the Apollo 7 mission...
  
  
• Wilbur and Orville Wright
  Wright brothers
  The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur , were two Americans credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903...
  
  

2004

• Ellen Church Marshall
• Joseph P. Gomer

2005

• H. Jerry Dwyer

2006

• The Iowa Tuskegee Airmen
  Tuskegee Airmen
  The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African American pilots who fought in World War II. Formally, they were the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps....
  
  : William V. Bibb, James E. Bowman, Russell L. Collins, Maurice V. Esters, Joseph P. Gomer, Robert L. Martin, George R. Miller, Clarence A. Oliphant, Robert M. Parkey, Luther H. Smith, Thurman E. Spriggs, and Robert W. Williams.

2007

• Frank C. Wallace
• Wilmer A. Reedholm
  Wilmer A. Reedholm
  Wilmer A. Reedholm was an American aviation pioneer.In 1926 Reedholm designed and constructed his first airplane, a single-seat craft with a 28 hp engine...
  
  

2008

• Kimberly D. Olson
• William J. Fox

2009

• Delbert H. Clayton
• Jack E. Conger

2010

• Clyde Cable
• Glen Niederhauser