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N 1924 MISSOULA, MONTANA
DIDN'T EVEN HAVE AN AIR-
PORT. Why would it? The
airplane was a recent invention only
21 years old, and Missoula herself
a small mountain town of around
12,000 to 13,000 people.
Still, Bob Johnson, visionary and en-
trepreneur, saw a need. He found-
ed the Johnson Flying Service that
year, and for nearly the next fifty
years, the JFS would fly Missoulians
and visitors to Missoula wherever
they needed to go in their fleet of
planes. In the early days, Johnson
would charge folks a penny a pound
to tour the skies above Garden City
and surrounding environs.
words by NICK MITCHELL
photos by RICK SZCZECHOWSKI
The
Boneyard
That
The
Boneyard
That
Became
a
Museum
Became
a
Museum
