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[Jerry Folkerts]

This week, a local family began building my hangar at the Bowling Green, MO Airport. It is a 50 x 50 pole barn type with steel siding, and a Cool-Air Horizontal Stacker Door. I'll post a few pictures as it goes up. This has been the culmination of a several year long search for a location. The Bowling Green Airport is part of the FAA Airport Program, where the city receives money to help develop the airport. But, that also brings a certain amount of oversight and bureaucracy. So, after a year of negotiation, I signed a ground lease and am building a hangar that will revert to the city in 25 years. This turned out to be the least expensive option I had available. There's more room than I need, so if you are passing through, let me know and I'll tuck you in for the night.

[Jerry Folkerts]

Today they poured the floor. 32 cubic yards of concrete in hangar itself.

[mikefairbanks]

Next time I go back to my class reunion at the Academy in Mexico I'll have to look you up Jerry. We used to play Bowling Green in sports.

[Jerry Folkerts]

Progress. The crew took last week off as we were waiting on trusses and steel siding. Today, it really took shape.

[Jerry Folkerts]

The Hangar Door arrived yesterday. I borrowed a forklift from the local crop duster and quickly got it unloaded. It is a horizontal stacker door from Cool-Air Inc. Siding is going on now.

[Jerry Folkerts]

My wife, Ruthie the Riveter tries her hand at building hangar doors! Mind you it was 94 degrees -- ugh.

We also got the track up. Putting the hardware (including door hinges) is taking longer than I expected.

[Jerry Folkerts]

This was day three on door construction. I’ve basically done everything myself, except for 3 hours this afternoon when I had help to lift the panels onto the track. I have all the hinges on the aft side of the panels, but only two on the front side. Tomorrow is a day off – it’s been 94 degrees out there. Then Friday, I should finish all the hardware/rollers etc. and be ready for my crew to put the sheeting on next week.

[c120pilot]

Very Nice Jerry! Looks like a great hangar.

[Jerry Folkerts]

Well, last Monday we drove the last screw. Door is complete, and the electric utility installed the meter. Now, to get #093 SR complete! In the meantime, if you are passing through, I have space.

Jerry Folkerts

[c120pilot]

Wow! Great hangar Jerry.