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Iowa Bed & Breakfast Guild

Iowa City Chamber of Commerce

Iowa City Convention & Visitor's Bureau

From November 2005 through May 2006, we expended a tremendous amount of time and energy on the creation of the Big Kids Toy Show, a three-day free extravaganza at the Iowa City Airport, located just 400 yards from our front door.

First as Secretary, and later as Vice President of the non-profit "Big Kids Toy Show, Inc." board of directors, Jay invested hundreds of hours into the show, with hopes of bringing the people of Iowa City out to the airport for a fun, positive event.  In this, we succeeded beyond our best expectations!   The weather and crowds were GREAT!

The ultimate goal of the show, however,  was to raise money for the construction of a permanent aviation exhibit at the Iowa Children's Museum.  This museum, located at Coral Ridge Mall in Iowa City's "sister-city", Coralville, is the largest children's museum in Iowa, and will be the perfect site for an exciting aviation exhibit aimed at getting kids interested in general aviation.

As a major sponsor, everyone at the Inn was involved at every level of the show, from the Friday Night sponsor party, through the final flights on Sunday afternoon.   It was an incredible amount of work, but it will all be well-worth the effort when that aviation exhibit finally opens to the public!

Click the links, below, to see pictures and videos from that fantastic weekend:

Friday Sponsor Party -- An extravaganza for the sponsors and their best customers!

Saturday Toy Show -- A fly-in/drive-in pancake breakfast, run by the Methodist Men's Club, kicked off the day, followed by EAA Young Eagle Flights and toys of all sizes and shapes on free, public display.  Flights by a P-51 Mustang, a T-6, an aerobatic Pitts Special, and a 1929 Travel Air biplane rounded out the first day!

Sunday Toy Show -- A fly-in/drive-in pancake breakfast, run by Open Arms Child Care got us started, followed by radio-controlled flight demonstrations put on by the Aerohawks, airplane rides, toys of all descriptions, and formation flights by three North American T-28 Trojans rounded out the weekend.