HANGAR:

Glendale Flying Club announces its largest project ever!

On January 21, 2004, the Louisville Regional Airport Authority awarded Glendale Flying Club an executive hangar lease agreement for an undeveloped site at Bowman Field.

Due to its sound financial status, the Club secured favorable financing from Fifth Third Bank to fund the project without the members putting up any personal funding or collateral.

The Club will construct a new executive hangar for its members and aircraft, with a target completion date of Summer or Fall 2004.

The executive hangar will be located on Moran Ave. next to existing Hangar 5 (currently occupied by Aero-Tech), and will feature:

• 8060 total square feet;
• clear-span construction (i.e., all the supporting columns will be around the inside perimeter of the building);
• 5 bays - one for each of the Club's existing 4 aircraft and one for a future acquisition; and
• a 600 square foot climate-controlled office with a bathroom, lounge, kitchen and computerized flight planning area. [see update below - now two offices are being built!]

Check back often as progress reports and pictures will be added to this page.  Click on the following pictures to make them larger.

January 21, 2004: These are the initial conceptual drawings for the hangar location and layout on the undeveloped site.  These drawings will become more refined as the site engineers and contractor finalize their plans.

top-down drawing	side view 1	side view 2
the site	Moran Ave.	existing taxiway
aerial picture of the site

March 26, 2004:  The Lease has been signed and the Memorandum of Lease has been recorded with the Jefferson County Clerk.  The construction contract and the loan documents are being finalized, and they should be fully executed in the next few days.  The steel building and the three bi-fold doors have been ordered, the hangar and site engineering plans have been finalized, the environmental site assessment and soil sampling has been completed, and the FAA has approved the hangar construction.  And, perhaps most excitingly, the Club has decided to build two 600 sq. ft. climate-controlled offices - one directly on top of the other!  The first floor office will have kitchen, bathroom, computerized flight planning and lounge areas, and the second floor office will be set up as a meeting and ground training room.  We should be breaking ground soon, and we hope to be in by mid to late Summer 2004!

cut-away view of bottom and top offices from parking lot side	cut-away view of bottom and top offices from parking lot side	looking straight ahead after entering first floor office from parking lot
looking right after entering first floor office from parking lot	looking toward door from corner of second floor office	top-down cut-away view of hangar showing layout of offices

April 20, 2004:  The hangar loan has been closed, the building permit has been obtained, and dirt is being moved!

May 9, 2004: The footers have been poured and the grade beam concrete forms are being assembled.

May 21, 2004: The grade beam concrete has been poured and the site is ready for paving.  The whole perimeter of the building is now visible.

June 9, 2004: The building steel is on-site, and the concrete slab for the office is ready.

the building	the building	the office slab framing
the concrete office slab

August 3, 2004: After a significant delay caused by sewer line issues and government paperwork, the project is back on-track and moving fast.  Building assembly starts today as the vertical supports are put in place.

August 4, 2004: The building is going up fast!

August 5, 2004: Getting close to having the major structure complete.

August 6, 2004: The major structure is complete!

August 24: 2004: The offices are being framed.

August 25: 2004: The big doors for the aircraft bays are onsite and are being installed!  More work on the offices is being done.  Check out our new 400 foot sanitary sewer line!

August 26: 2004: Welding the big aircraft bay doors in place (during the rain). The first floor office framing is almost complete, and work has begun on the second floor office.

August 28, 2004: The aircraft bay doors are installed, and the offices are getting closer to being finished!

September 14, 2004: Some pictures from the second floor office.  The paving is done.

September 17, 2004: One wall of siding is complete.  Doesn't 66W look good in the hangar?  Mike McGrath (left) and Tony Aldi (right) posing with 66W in the hangar - who has the bigger smile - Mike and Tony, or 66W?!?!  On the way over from the East T's, we called Bowman Ground and asked to taxi to "Glendale" - Ground's response was "Warrior 66W, taxi as requested." - awesome!

September 28, 2004: The roof is complete, and three sides are almost finished!  The electrical for the offices is also complete!

October 7, 2004: Progress is being made!  Drywall is in both offices, and the siding is getting close to being finished.  We hope to be in by the end of the month!

downstairs office	downstairs office looking at bathroom	downstairs office looking into hangar
downstairs office looking to outside	looking at offices from hangar bay	siding work
siding work	looking at offices from hangar bay	upstairs office
upstairs office

October 14, 2004: Painting party!

December 30, 2004: A lot has been going on the past 2.5 months.  Mostly, we have been dealing with slope and drainage issues that have caused significant delays to the project.  However, today, we are finally (after years of work) able to move in!  We still have some punch-list items to complete with the contractor, some pictures to hang on the walls, and some electronics to move in, but we are very excited to be to this point!  Say goodbye to the t-hangars, Glendale has a new home!

following are pictures of our downstairs office (lounge, kitchen, TV, DVD/VCR, computer, bathroom)
following are pictures of our upstairs office (meeting tables and chairs, TV, DVD/VCR)

following are pictures of our 4 planes in their bays, our workshop/storage area and the outside of our hangar