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Arthur J. Hartman

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Art was born July 14, 1888 in Burlington, Iowa. At the age of 15 he ran away from home to be a balloonist and parachute jumper. Under the pseudonym Professor Art J. Hart, he made his first balloon jump on…

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Aden “Bite” Livingston

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“Bite†was born on February 8, 1903, in Cedar Falls, Iowa where he still resides. He was 23 years old before he learned to fly and at the age of 88, he was still flying and promoting aviation. Throughout his…

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Lt. Col. Sidney “Sid” Cleveland

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Born in Goldfield, Iowa in 1902, Sidney saw his first airplane when he was nine years old and was learning to fly before he graduated from high school. His life’s work centered around aviation. Until he was 36 years old,…

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Neta Snook Southern

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Neta Snook was born on February 14, 1896, in Illinois but during her teens moved to Ames, Iowa with her family. Growing up her father interested Neta in driving, automobiles, things mechanical and fostered an ability to fix and make…

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Lt. General Charles A. Horner

By IOWA AVIATION MUSEUM

Lt. General Charles Horner was born, raised and educated in Iowa. On October 19, 1936, General Horner was born in Davenport then lived 14 years in Centerville and next moved to Des Moines where he graduated from Urbandale High School…

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Nellie Vos Ruby

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Nellie Vos Ruby was born on a farm near Galesburg, Iowa on November 16, 1919. With only an eighth grade education she has worked her whole adult life in aviation. She was the first Iowa woman to receive an A…

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Louis “Andy” Anderson

By IOWA AVIATION MUSEUM

Born on February 22, 1914, in Dow City, Iowa, Louis “Andy†Anderson turned his airplane hobby as a youngster into a lifetime devoted to flying. After moving to Denison with his family, Andy purchased a partially completed glider. With ingenuity,…

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Clayton Folkerts

By IOWA AVIATION MUSEUM

Born on November 9, 1897, on a Grundy County, Iowa farm, Clayton Folkerts was a self-taught designer, builder and pilot of early airplanes. Experimenting with designs and materials found on the family farm, Clayton constructed five home-built aircraft from 1916…

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Clarence Duncan Chamberlin

By IOWA AVIATION MUSEUM

A Denison, Iowa native, Clarence Chamberlin made flying history more than once in his lifetime. He was born, raised and educated in Denison and attended Iowa State College in Ames. His interest in things mechanical lead him to challenge the…

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Robert L. Taylor

By IOWA AVIATION MUSEUM

No one has been a champion of antique airplane owners like Robert Taylor of Blakesburg. Since he established the Antique Airplane Association in 1953 he has provided a place and a purpose to fly, to preserve, to share and to…

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