Government & Politics  April 26, 2023

Aircraft owner: New NoCo hangar study ‘everything I expected’ 

LOVELAND – A detailed engineering report on two condemned hangar buildings at Northern Colorado Regional Airport, released Tuesday, seemed to confirm what many owners of aircraft housed there had suspected: With some repairs and maintenance, the 46-year-old “C” hangars can be used at least for a few more years.

The 49-page report by Centennial-based Knott Laboratory concluded that the general health of the structures is satisfactory with no immediate life-safety issues identified if specific maintenance of the structures begins immediately.

It found load-bearing columns inside the hangars to be “generally intact” but noticed “isolated instances of buckled or…

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With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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