In article ,
Richard Riley wrote:

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:06:56 GMT, "Marc CYBW"
wrote:

:I was looking through photos of airplanes destroyed in their hangers in the
:recent hurricane season
:
:Are there any hanger designs that consistently work better than others in
:hurricane prone environments? The latest hangers at our airport (CYBW) are
:steel frame with steel siding with some of them being formed concrete or
:concrete block. The latter two look expensive, but VERY sturdy.

One of the magazines I subscribe to - I *think* Aviation Consumer -
had an article on which hangars survived last year's hurricanes the
best. IIRC, the ones with the 1 or 2 part doors that fold upward
survived MUCH better than those with doors that rolled to the side.
They were only looking at steel frame with steel siding - I doubt
anything made of wood would have survived those winds.


My hangar (concrete block, roof frame roof, bi-fold door) withstood
Hurricane Charley (the eye passed directly over us). Of course, by the
time Charley got here, winds were down to 90 kt. We lost a couple of
shingles -- that's all.