Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Atkinson Municipal Airport (KPTS), Pittsburg, Kansas: City OKs hangar repair

PITTSBURG — The City of Pittsburg is in the middle of a drought. But tell that to the hangar at Atkinson Municipal Airport.

When the only major storm in the last month snuck up on the north side of Pittsburg on July 7, it caused powerful winds that damaged one hangar at the airport. Pittsburg Public Works Director Bill Beasley showed pictures of a garage door that was blown into one of the hangars, stripping away insulation in the process. And that was just one portion of the damage.

“Inside the building, the wind pushed up the partitions,” Beasley said. “The big hangar door was pushed in by the force of the wind. You can’t imagine the amount of pressure on that door frame.”

In fact, the damage was so bad that officials were and are worried that the hangar door was going to be rendered unusable. Since that date, the doors have been opened once — to move the three planes that were inside the hangar to other available space. It hasn’t been opened since.

Read more here:   http://www.morningsun.net

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