[303rd-Talk] Lone Star Flight Museum

[Gary Moncur]

Here's the latest extremely bad news:

September 16, 2008 6:30 p.m. - Galveston, Texas

A first site survey found damage from Ike as substantial. The hangars 
and Texas Aviation Hall of Fame had 7-8 feet of water in those areas. 
The gift shop and lobby area had 3-4 feet of water. The southwest 
side of both hangars appear compromised. The entire contents of the 
gift ship are lost. Every exhibit in the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame 
was destroyed although some artifacts may be able to be saved.. How 
many is yet to be determined.

The airplanes received major water damage. Most remain in good shape 
physically. All plumbing and electrical systems are inoperable. The 
roof is okay minus one skylight. The second floor appears to be 
untouched. All evacuated aircraft are ok.

Debris is everywhere as you will be able to see in these preliminary 
photos. Click here to see the first photos in from the damage caused 
by Hurricane Ike.

The photo page is here:
http://www.lsfm.org/ikephotogallery.html
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I am ill.......

Gary