flight2000 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 The Missouri River breached the North end of my home airfield in late June when the river crested at just over 30'. It displaced about 30 aircraft to other aiports in the area with another 5 pulled across the railroad tracks to higher ground off the airport. I didn't realize how bad it was until I came home a week ago and went flying. I flew over "Lake Sherman Airfield" last week at pattern altitude to see how bad it was. The building on the right is the FBO and the T-Hangars I house my plane in are on the left in the first picture. We have 5 Mooney's up at Atchison (K59) right now, which is by far the most of any other make there... We flew up to Omaha on Monday and I could not believe the amount of flooding between Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska. Unreal! Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyking Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Brian: Manitoba, Saskatchewan and some of Alberta looks like that too. I have never seen so much rain as i have in the last 3 months. Hope it all clears up for you soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flight2000 Posted July 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Soooo, you guys up North are responsible for all this flooding.... This winter was no joke as well and think that has a lot to do with it too. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is still releasing water from the dams up in the Dakotas, so we may not see it clear up for awhile. I'll be in Germany by time it gets back to business as usual. Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottfromiowa Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Ouch! Sorry to hear about this Brian. Those are impressive photos. I have seen some pics of your airport sans water...A lot of work ahead when flood water recedes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flight2000 Posted July 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Here's what it should normally look like. One of my friends owns the FBO and said his flood insurance should have him back up and operational in about two months. Everything is out, but they'll have to redo all of the drywall and give it a good cleaning. I'm curious to see how well the wooden hangars held up. Might be a good chance to have newer ones built if the wood is found to be structurally unsound. We'll see how it goes. That's the risk you run when you build an airport near a major river. No casualties as far as aircraft goes (think back to the last epsiosde with the Mooney on eBay...) since we had plenty of warning and lead time to move everything out. Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-sky-captain Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Looks alot like the General DeWitt Spain airport in Memphis did a couple months ago when I was over there. I hope it all works out OK for you guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinwing Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 yikes....that would be a rare sight where I live...hope its back to normal soon...kpc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbridges Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 we are in such a drought. I wish we could take some of that water off your hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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