WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Aviation Museum in Wichita will be closed this week to clean up from damage it sustained during the weekend storms.
Museum director Lon Smith estimated the museum suffered between $100,000 and $150,000 in damage. But he says the main building was not seriously damaged.
The Wichita Eagle reports the copper roof on the control tower flew off and gouged the membrane on the museum building. Fencing and air conditioning units also were damaged.
Four of the museum’s 20 planes were damaged, with a Cessna 02B from the Vietnam era completely destroyed. Some planes were blown on top of each other when cables that held them down snapped.
The Kansas Aviation Museum opened in April 1991 at the former Wichita Municipal Airport.
