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NEWS-SENTINEL EDITORIAL: National legislators should endorse National Airmail Museum at Smith Field

CategoryArchived NewsPosted onSeptember 7, 2018December 19, 2021

In August last year about 100 people gathered in Hangar 2 at Smith Field on the north side of Fort Wayne to learn about a proposal to convert that historic building into the National Airmail Museum. News-Sentinel.com favors the project as a both a monument Continue Reading

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Museum-quality! Smith Field ideal site!

CategoryArchived NewsPosted onJuly 7, 2018December 19, 2021

Museum-quality Smith Field ideal site for formal tribute to our nation’s airmail pioneers Eric Olson Reporting: The winter of 1924 was not the coldest on record in northern Ohio – but it was the third-coldest. And the coldest night of that near-record cold winter occurred on Continue Reading

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Congressmen Banks Visit’s Site of NAMM

CategoryArchived NewsPosted onJune 2, 2018December 19, 2021

On May 31, 2018, 3rd District Congressmen Jim Banks visited the Hangar now designated as the National Airmail Museum. Congressmen Banks stated: “We had a great time touring hangar 2 at Smith Field in Fort Wayne this morning and hearing more about the vision for Continue Reading

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100 Years of Airmail celebrated with flight

CategoryArchived NewsPosted onMay 13, 2018December 19, 2021

MAY 10, 2018 BY GENERAL AVIATION NEWS  May 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the first U.S. government airmail flight. To honor that milestone, a collection of classic airmail planes from 1931 will fly the original Contract Air Mail Route 8 (C.A.M. 8) from San Diego to Continue Reading

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Representative Banks Addresses The House of Representatives

CategoryArchived NewsPosted onApril 27, 2018December 19, 2021

On behalf of all those involved in this incredible project, and the City of Fort Wayne and surrounding communities, THANK YOU CONGRESSMEN BANKS!!

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Smith Field site tapped to house Airmail Museum

CategoryArchived NewsPosted onApril 27, 2018December 19, 2021

Smith Field site tapped to house Airmail Museum BRIAN FRANCISCO | The Journal Gazette   The U.S. House voted Thursday to designate the large hangar at Fort Wayne’s Smith Field as the National Airmail Museum. The proposal was made by Rep. Jim Banks, R-3rd, and included in legislation that would reauthorize the Federal Aviation Continue Reading

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Banks Introduces Bill to Recognize Smith Field in Fort Wayne as National Airmail Museum

CategoryArchived NewsPosted onFebruary 17, 2018December 19, 2021

Banks Introduces Bill to Recognize Smith Field February 16, 2018 Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03) has introduced a bill that would recognize the hangar at Smith Field in Fort Wayne as the National Airmail Museum. “The hangar at Smith Field is the perfect Continue Reading

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Campaign For Airmail Museum Get’s Off the Ground

CategoryArchived NewsPosted onAugust 11, 2017December 19, 2021

Campaign For Airmail Museum Get’s Off the Ground About 100 people gathered in the 1920s-era hangar at Smith Field Thursday to hear plans for a National Air Mail Museum at the small north-side air field. The project would cost about $2.5 million to develop, and Continue Reading

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