8 years ago I got into "airport advocacy" in response to the crying
need to re-pave our taxiways here in Iowa City. 8 long years of
meetings, during which the "fix" went from a relatively cheap
top-coating (or even asphalt sealing) to a complete re-do, simply
because the powers-that-be stalled for so long.

But props and paint were being ruined, and we eventually prevailed. At
long last, the great day arrived, and the pavers got to work. Within
12 hours they had completely dug up all the horrible old taxiways
around our T-hangars (there really wasn't much to it.). Within three
days everything was graded for proper drainage, and some new sewers
were installed. Paving was about to begin.

Then, our airport commission president flagged me down after a flight
with Montblack, as we were returning from the Stearman fly-in. Had I
seen the damage, yet?

Um, what damage?

It seemed that one of the paver's suppliers had backed a semi into our
hangar, smashing the back wall and ripping the back door out. There
is now a man-sized hole in the back wall, and it's going to take some
time to fix...

*sigh* It figures...

:-(
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"