Evergreen Aviation storage fire

JOHN MILLER · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:13 pm

NOT GOOD, 20 million dollar estimate

http://sunset.katu.com/news/business/ex ... age/442145

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:18 pm

Good to hear there were no injuries or deaths. Hope nothing too significant or valuable was loss considering.

tulsaboy · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:46 pm

Hey Jack- Is that the building where all of the engineering documents and blueprints for the Spruce Goose were kept? Sure hope not.

kevin

The Inspector · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:39 pm

Looks like whatever was in the building involved a pretty fair amount of processed hydrocarbon substance-

WallyB · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:53 pm

Looks like a H-51 was the only airframe lost, but the other artifacts were special too

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-north ... burns.html

ArtS · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:43 pm

Sikorsky H5-H 49-1999

I played on it as a kid and got Harry Doan to buy it.

I'm very depressed...

Art S.

Steve Nelson · **Posted:** Sat Jul 30, 2011 1:37 am

A terrible loss to be sure, but at least no one was hurt...and it sounds like it could have been a lot worse (I can't help but remember the Yankee fire.)

SN

JohnB · **Posted:** Sat Jul 30, 2011 3:19 pm

ArtS wrote:

Sikorsky H5-H 49-1999

I played on it as a kid and got Harry Doan to buy it.

I'm very depressed...

Art S.

What kind of shape was it in?

And did it come from the Oregon helicopter restorer (whose name I can't recall) as the other older non-ex-Evergreen helicopters?

ArtS · **Posted:** Sat Jul 30, 2011 7:47 pm

It was rough but original and yes.

Regards,

Art S.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:09 pm

Quote:

from the Oregon helicopter restorer (whose name I can't recall) as the other older non-ex-Evergreen helicopters?

that would be the late great Jack Lenhardt one of the true greats of early warbird restoration.

rwdfresno · **Posted:** Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:43 pm

Good thing Evergreen grounded all of their collection so it could be safe and sound on the ground where nothing bad ever happens...

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:07 pm

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Good thing Evergreen grounded all of their collection

I'd like to point out that I didn't say this........this time :shock:

astixjr · **Posted:** Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:01 pm

Glad nobody was badly injured or killed. When I shipped the gun collection from Arizona to McMinnville back in 1990 or 91, there was a significant amount of ammo that went along with it. Mike and I did our best to shoot as much of it up as we could but there was still a pretty big pile left. I assumed most of the remaining inventory would have been shot up by now but looking at the size of that fire, I wonder if some of it was still there. :shock:

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