Air Museum of Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Francis J. Geng

Titles: Air Museum of Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Francis J. Geng (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Francis J. Geng was director of the St. Paul Downtown Airport (Holman Field) from 1927 through 1961. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early life in the Navy around World War I. Working as a jeweler in St. Paul and the transition to airport director in 1927. Descriptions of the early airport. A list of the famous people who used the airport. Comparisons of Holman Field to Wold-Chamberlain Field. Description of the early refueling process. Description of some stunt flying. Mentions Jefferson Transportation, predecessor to the bus line. An anecdote about a hydrogen filled weather balloon. The transition from city management of the airport to the Metropolitan Airports Commission. Flooding at Holman in 1952.

Dates

• 06/12/1965 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Geng, Francis J.
• interviewer: Holey, Anne M.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 101
• Accession Number: AV1992.88.7

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Air Museum of Minnesota Oral History Project' <OH 101>

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 14 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 60 minutes length

Subjects

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