Mason City FSS (MCW), Iowa
Operations Area.
Mason City FSS Inflight, Iowa 1963
William Lyons broadcasts weather reports twice each hour
Preflight position
Using Aircraft Orientation, William Lyons and William Short assist a pilot who is lost.
Cleo W. Minker, Mason City FSS Facility Chief, in 1963. Later, Mr. Minker, was assigned Facility Chief of Omaha, Nebraska FSS from the late 1960’s to about 1970.
Montezuma Radio (KCEV), Iowa 1944-47
Photos submitted by A.C. Miller
Submitted by A.C. Miller
Montezuma Radio (KCEV), Iowa 1944-47
My mother, Gwendolyn Jeanette Miller was an Aircraft Communicator, CAF-5 and CAF-7 in Montezuma, Iowa during WWII, between 1944 and 1947. Submitted by Gwendolyn’s daughter, A.C. (Ace) Miller.
View photo of Gwendolyn’s CAA class photo, 1944
Submitted by A.C. Miller
Montezuma Radio (KCEV), Iowa 1944-47
Efficiency rating for Gwendolyn Jeanette Miller. Aircraft Communicator, CAF-5.
Chicago-Midway Facility, 1960
Air Traffic Controllers. Facility type unknown
Group of air traffic controllers at work, 1960
Terre Haute FSS (HUF), Indiana, 1985
The facility was decommissioned March 12, 2007.
Fort Dodge AFSS (FOD), Iowa. 1985
The facility was decommissioned July 2, 2007.
Iowa City Radio, Iowa, 1920’s
Former employees stationed at Iowa City Radio were:
P.E. White
Tony Gearhart
Silas F. Clark
Claude M. Smith.
Mason City FSS (MCW), Iowa
Mason City Radio was commissioned in September 1941 as a U.S. Airways Communications Station. William C. Lyons was named the first Chief. Services at first were limited, since service “A” teletype and commercial telephones were the only means of communications. In October 1947 Cleo R. Minkner arrived to assume the duties of Chief, following the resignation of Lyons to enter private business.
Activity continued to grow and in February 1951, the operation was moved to the tower cab and all personnel were qualified as control tower operators. No action ever followed, however, to make the site a Combined Station/Tower type of operation. Ground breaking came for the new Flight Service building in August 1961. Dedication of the building occurred in September of the following year.
Chicago-Midway Tower, 1954
Air traffic controllers working at their assigned positions
Chicago-Midway Tower, 1956
Nighttime operations at Chicago-Midway Tower