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Post by Galvin on Sept 12, 2008 21:13:51 GMT -7
Jaime, I sincerely hope this doesn't find you up to your nipples in floodwater or doing a Dorothy and Toto imitation on the way to Kansas via HouseAir.
We will also completely understand if a reply to this post is a bit long in coming.
Just reply at some point, OK?
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Post by jetmex on Sept 14, 2008 17:20:09 GMT -7
Dave, thanks for your concern, you have no idea how much I appreciate it.
We're all fine. Other than forty feet of tree laying across my back yard (snapped off by an unbelievable wind gust), the house is relatively unscathed and thanks to some incredible dedication by the power company linemen, we had power back late the same day the storm went through. The kids all stayed with us that night, made the whole thing more bearable. It was not much fun... ;D We didn't flood, but most of the low lying areas did.
Galveston is a shambles. The storm surge topped the seawall and flooded most of the city. I'm not sure how the Lone Star Flight Museum fared..hopefully they flew out everything that could fly before the storm arrived. Seawolf Park is on the east end of the island; the destroyer escort USS Stewart and the submarine USS Cavalla on display there were both badly damaged. There are scores of boats laying in the southbound lanes of I-45 leading into the city.
IAH was just getting back into operation late today. Downtown Houston is closed down - there's no power to most of it and the streets are covered in broken glass. A good part of the city and outlying areas still have no electrical power. The lines for gas and food at the places that are open are something to see....
We were incredibly lucky. For whoever reads this, I'd like to ask that you save a good word for the police and firefighters, the power company linemen and all the people who are busting tail to get this place back up and running. They deserve all the praise they can get.
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Post by Galvin on Sept 14, 2008 19:59:54 GMT -7
Jaime! Glad to hear you made it through relatively unscathed. From the looks of the news coverage you were one of the lucky ones.
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Post by jetmex on Sept 15, 2008 12:54:49 GMT -7
Thanks Dave. We were lucky, no doubt about that. Here's an air shot of Scholes Field (GLS) in Galveston, taken yesterday. The caption said the water was about two feet deep on the runways. The Lone Star Flight Museum is above and to the left of the control tower:  On a good note: there are airplanes flying above my house again, so the big airport is up and running. |
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Post by jetmex on Sept 16, 2008 9:58:03 GMT -7
An update on the Lone Star Flight Museum: The following is a message from Larry Gregory, president of the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston, TX concerning damage the museum sustained from this weekend's onslaught from Hurricane Ike. All museum staff are safe following passage of Hurricane IKE. Damage to the museum is substantial. The extent of the damage has yet to be assessed by LSFM officials and staff. As soon as the preliminary assessment has been made we will post information here. As soon as possible we will let you know about reorganization and reopening. Prior to IKE's arrival, pilots were able to fly the following aircraft out of harm's way: B-17, B-25, DC-3,P-47, F6F, F4U, SBD, AT-11, P-6 and the F8F. We want to thank all of our friends and supporters for their thoughts and prayers. ANN will update this story as more information becomes available. FMI: www.lsfm.org Still in the hangar were the PB4Y-2, a PBY, C1 Trader, B-58, possibly the Hurricane, and a few others... |
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Post by propnuts on Jan 4, 2009 14:42:52 GMT -7
???Is there any further info on the planes left in the hangar?
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Post by jetmex on Jan 8, 2009 19:46:00 GMT -7
Eric, the work is in progress, but is going pretty slowly. Anything that was magnesium corroded pretty quickly, and that includes a lot of the castings on the static display engines and the wheels on the B-58. The Hurricane and Spitfire are now in Breckinridge, TX for re-restoration. If you remember, there was a taxi accident at the November airshow in which the Spit collided with the Hurri and cut her tail off. Both airplanes were in the hangar when it flooded.
The airplane in the hangar that sustained the least amount of damage was the PBY, because it floated! One wingtip float was dinged up where it hit the hangar wall, but that was about it. The PB4Y-2 is going to need new sheet metal in the belly and landing gear overhauled...again.
There are a few updates on the LSFM site, but no new pictures. I'll have to try to make a trip down there and see how things are.
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