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Municipal Airport
The Council Bluffs Municipal Airport has kept pace with the progress of the city. Some 55 airplanes are kept at the airport now, compared with about a dozen in 1950. Two new hangars have been constructed in the past five years and new tie-down…
Airport Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Municipal Airport aerial view
Airport Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Municipal Airport aerial view
Airport Arrow
Airport arrow : A group of Council Bluffs pilots decided to brighten up the airport south of the city limits. The first step was to post a sign where the airport road leaves Highway 192. Marvin Suvalsky holds one end while Richard Phillips and his…
'Big bird' flaps wings and leaves little nest
Tugging the air giant. . . over plywood paths is a huge wrecker using cable and crane. A crewman helps direct the operation from the cockpit window. -- Nonpareil Photo.
Municipal airport is paying its own way
Airport commission members. . .Nick Sulentic, Howard Shortley Sr. and David Stuart discuss the new hangar planned here. -- Nonapreil Photos
Air-ground radio unit installed at C.B. field
Testing radio . . .at municipal airport are Harry McCandless and John Spalti. -Nonpareil Photo.
New home for planes
At the Council Bluffs Municipal Airport, planes are already moving into a new hangar that is 95 percent complete. The only work remaining is the floor construction. Temporary housing accommodations were set up for the aircraft during a spell of wet…