Katama Airfield Hangar Is Demolished AFter 75 Years of Use
As she was in 2018.
As she was in 2018.
Last week prep work began clearing electrical lines.
Last week prep work began clearing electrical lines.
Thursday work started in earnest on the demolition.
Thursday work started in earnest on the demolition.
Original structure was completed in 1945.
Original structure was completed in 1945.
Materials to be saved were stashed in the field office.
Materials to be saved were stashed in the field office.
Backhoe peels off corrugated walls.
Backhoe peels off corrugated walls.
Watching 75 years of history come down.
Watching 75 years of history come down.
Plans call for a new building of 6,000 square feet, more than double the size of the current hangar.
Plans call for a new building of 6,000 square feet, more than double the size of the current hangar.
Lower walls removed, leaving the top.
Lower walls removed, leaving the top.
Carefully stacked.
Carefully stacked.
Ready to knock out the lower supports.
Ready to knock out the lower supports.
And down she comes.
And down she comes.
Airfield is still used by planes to this day.
Airfield is still used by planes to this day.
Gentle family watches demolition with many memories.
Gentle family watches demolition with many memories.
Airfield manager Ayssa DaSilva.
Airfield manager Ayssa DaSilva.
There's a hole where there once was a hangar.
There's a hole where there once was a hangar.
Materials arrived this week for the new structure.
Materials arrived this week for the new structure.
The historic hangar at the Katama Airfield was demolished this week. Completed in 1945, the original hangar was built almost entirely with scrap materials from buildings destroyed in a hurricane the year before.