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HR0485LRB104 15547 LAW 28712 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 

3Representatives wish to congratulate the Metropolitan Airport 

4Authority of Peoria (MAAP) on the occasion of its 75th 

5anniversary; and

6 WHEREAS, Peoria's ties to aviation began before the city 

7had an official airport; in the summer of 1910, the Wright 

8brothers sent one of their instructors to Peoria for an 

9exhibition flight; a year later, the city was one of the stops 

10for Cal Rogers, the first pilot to successfully complete a 

11transcontinental flight across the United States; and

12 WHEREAS, Peoria was also visited by Charles Lindberg, who 

13made numerous stops as he flew the St. Louis to Chicago airmail 

14route, at a time when the city had no formal airport, 

15possessing only a small building and a grass strip in an area 

16where the Shoppes at Grand Prairie is located today; and

17 WHEREAS, On May 19, 1932, Peorians officially voted to 

18create an airport that would be situated on 195 acres, which 

19was purchased by 261 Peoria businessmen, establishing Peoria 

20Airport, Inc., an airport with only four shale runways; and

21 WHEREAS, The Peoria Airport was under the purview of the 

HR0485- 2 -LRB104 15547 LAW 28712 r

1Peoria Park District from 1937 until the formation of MAAP in 

21950, which still owns and operates both Peoria International 

3Airport and Mt. Hawley Auxiliary Airport today; and

4 WHEREAS, On October 10, 2008, MAAP dedicated the Greater 

5Peoria Regional Airport as the General Wayne A. Downing Peoria 

6International Airport after Gen. Wayne A. Downing, a resident 

7of Peoria and a retired, four-star general of the United 

8States Army; and

9 WHEREAS, In 2016, MAAP dedi