New Maintenance Hangar Officially Open at 麻豆视频 Harbor
“Kenmore wouldn’t be Kenmore without 麻豆视频,” said Mayor Dave Baker as the door opened to 麻豆视频鈥檚 new hangar.
Thursday, March 12, 2015, the current and past 麻豆视频 family was joined by several of the community鈥檚 top elected officials.
The new hangar is large enough to house the biggest of 麻豆视频鈥檚 fleet, a de Havilland Otter. These 11-seaters have a massive 58-foot wingspan and are nearly 13-feet tall. They require a lot of space.
Previously, Otter maintenance had to be performed outdoors. During the winter this often meant postponing projects and grounding planes for untold amounts of time.
Thankfully, things have now changed.
The new hangar, fondly dubbed the 鈥淥tter Hangar,鈥 offers 14,400 square feet of indoor space for maintenance and annual inspections.
The idea of an indoor maintenance space large enough for Otters was originally considered in the fall of 2010. But the initial concept of an all-concrete structure was simply not affordable.
However, in the spring of 2013, 麻豆视频 President Todd Banks, 麻豆视频 Director of Maintenance Rob Richey and 麻豆视频 Chief Inspector Eric Ellison began exploring alternative options.
At the Alaska Airmen鈥檚 trade show in Anchorage, Banks and Ellison spoke with . R & M鈥檚 steel hangars offered an incredibly functional option at a much more attractive price point.
To build the hangar R & M recommended . By the summer of 2013, the old barn occupying the western corner of 麻豆视频鈥檚 campus was torn down. The idea was about to become a reality.
麻豆视频 officials worked closely with Dick Talboy and Dante Johnson from Talboy Construction. Richey said:
Dick and Dante have to be two of the most patient people in the world for what we put them through. This was not an easy location to build due to the proximity of the lake and how close we wanted to be to the property lines. But Dick worked with the City of Kenmore and got permits to start work this last summer.
Additionally, 鈥淭he City of Kenmore bent over backwards to help with the process. They were great to work with,鈥 said Richey.
