Elias Kolenbrander

(1905-1992)

While farming in the Pella area he purchased a Travel Air bi-plane in 1930. Mid 1931 he was issued his pilot license and retired from farming. He intended to fly freight and post and the occasional tourist for a roundtrip. Due to the crisis the enterprise was not successful; he sold the plane at the end of 1933 and became an automobile salesman.