It figures....

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...

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

Jay Honeck wrote:

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...

On the bright side, at least your aircraft wasn't in there. That could
have been a real problem.

--
Peter

Dang. Sorry to hear that.
Peter's right... thankfully you nor Atlas were there.
Jim

"Peter R." wrote in message
...
Jay Honeck wrote:

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...

On the bright side, at least your aircraft wasn't in there. That could
have been a real problem.

--
Peter

Rumor has it a off duty ATC controller was driving the semi, and
wearing flip flops.... They got stuck in the clutch pedal causing the
semi to lurch backwards. G..
Don't worry though, his union will claim your hangar shouldn't have
been there in the first place.. All kidding aside, I am glad Atlas is
not scratched..

Ben
www.haaspowerair.com
Peter R. wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote:

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...

On the bright side, at least your aircraft wasn't in there. That could
have been a real problem.

--
Peter

On the bright side, at least your aircraft wasn't in there. That could
have been a real problem.

Good point. Another good thing: The guy hit opposite our kitchen area,
which (in winter) is where our Mustang convertible gets parked. THAT
would have sucked, too.

And I'm glad it's not spring, or we'd be looking at a terrible bird
problem, thanks to the big hole. We spent a zillion hours filling ever
nook and cranny with expandable foam, and have kept our hangar entirely
bird-proof for four years now. I'd hate to start over.

But, still, it's ridiculous. I mean, how in hell do you back a semi
into a BUILDING? I mean, it's a BIG building, with 16 T-hangars.
It's not like it jumped out in front of the guy.

I drove trucks for five years in high school/college, (admittedly not
semi trucks), and was always amazed at the number of backing accidents.
All ya gotta do is LOOK, for criminies sake...

....mumble-grumble-stupid-idiots...

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

Jay Honeck wrote:


I drove trucks for five years in high school/college, (admittedly not
semi trucks), and was always amazed at the number of backing accidents.
All ya gotta do is LOOK, for criminies sake...


I drove and attended in the back of ambulances for nearly a decade, and
EVERY place I ever worked had a standing policy that you had a "backer"
of some kind. The only exception was patient loaded with a true
emergency (which was rare...).. it was rarely a problem for the
attendant/medic to look out the back window while backing patient loaded.

Having a backing accident without being loaded was a CLM (career
limiting maneuver) with that employer.

I guess construction contractors and their insurance companies dont have
a similar attitude. The contractor's insurance will be paying for this,
right?

Dave

In article . com,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

Good point. Another good thing: The guy hit opposite our kitchen area,
which (in winter) is where our Mustang convertible gets parked. THAT
would have sucked, too.

Is the beer okay?!!!!

Good point. Another good thing: The guy hit opposite our kitchen area,
which (in winter) is where our Mustang convertible gets parked. THAT
would have sucked, too.

Is the beer okay?!!!!

Thank God, yes...

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

We recently had a "mystery" crash at our warehouse complex, nobody knew or
reported what had happened. We've got many many "guard" posts planted next
to doorways, corners of buildings, and power poles. They are simply there
to protect the object they are placed near, something like the little posts
that you see at some shopping centers in front of the doors.

But our guard poles are not small. Most are 8" diameter steel well casing
about 8 ft tall with another 6 ft buried in the ground and anchored by a
couple yards of concrete. The pipes themselves are also filled with
concrete. About 2 weeks ago we came to work finding one of these leaning at
a very interesting angle.

It was obvious what had happened although nobody reported it. A semi driver
drove his rig around the post, cutting the corner too close to the post and
the side of his trailer impacted the post midway down the length of the
trailer. But instead of simply backing up before causing extensive damage
he continued to drive forward!

The side of the trailer actually "rode up" onto the side of the post and
left rubber tire residue on the post 5 ft above the pavement.

It took about a week to find out what had happened. The trucking company's
insurance adjuster called. It happened to be a local company. They must
have been too embarrassed to call. Damage to semi trailer over $5000....
damage to post $0... we just had to stand it back up and pour more cement
around the base.

Jim

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
On the bright side, at least your aircraft wasn't in there. That could
have been a real problem.

Good point. Another good thing: The guy hit opposite our kitchen area,
which (in winter) is where our Mustang convertible gets parked. THAT
would have sucked, too.

And I'm glad it's not spring, or we'd be looking at a terrible bird
problem, thanks to the big hole. We spent a zillion hours filling ever
nook and cranny with expandable foam, and have kept our hangar entirely
bird-proof for four years now. I'd hate to start over.

But, still, it's ridiculous. I mean, how in hell do you back a semi
into a BUILDING? I mean, it's a BIG building, with 16 T-hangars.
It's not like it jumped out in front of the guy.

I drove trucks for five years in high school/college, (admittedly not
semi trucks), and was always amazed at the number of backing accidents.
All ya gotta do is LOOK, for criminies sake...

...mumble-grumble-stupid-idiots...

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

Was the driver from Mexico? Maybe he couldn't read the
instructions?


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
| On the bright side, at least your aircraft wasn't in
there. That could
| have been a real problem.
|
| Good point. Another good thing: The guy hit opposite our
kitchen area,
| which (in winter) is where our Mustang convertible gets
parked. THAT
| would have sucked, too.
|
| And I'm glad it's not spring, or we'd be looking at a
terrible bird
| problem, thanks to the big hole. We spent a zillion hours
filling ever
| nook and cranny with expandable foam, and have kept our
hangar entirely
| bird-proof for four years now. I'd hate to start over.
|
| But, still, it's ridiculous. I mean, how in hell do you
back a semi
| into a BUILDING? I mean, it's a BIG building, with 16
T-hangars.
| It's not like it jumped out in front of the guy.
|
| I drove trucks for five years in high school/college,
(admittedly not
| semi trucks), and was always amazed at the number of
backing accidents.
| All ya gotta do is LOOK, for criminies sake...
|
| ...mumble-grumble-stupid-idiots...
|
| :-(
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|