Quonset Air Museum Roof Collapse

A section of roof collapsed saturday at an unused storage and work area at the quonset air museum according to its executive director david payne.

Quonset air museum roof collapse.

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An old military plane was demolished tuesday at a closed museum in quonset a lockheed p2v neptune was crushed and put in dumpsters the 91 foot long post world war 2 navy aircraft had been part of. An extensive archive of books magazines manuals photos documents and blueprints was preserved within the quonset air museum. Quonset air museum was established in 1992 by then gov. Snow buildup caused part of roof to collapse.

Many of the aircraft and artifacts it housed such as a tb avenger once flown by former u s. Bush in world war ii and an f 14 tomcat the camera plane used to film the movie top gun were major attractions both at the museum itself and the annual. The collapse occurred in a portion of the building that was not open. Days later officials condemned the building.

The quonset air museum was formally established in 1992 by a group of dedicated aviation enthusiasts and for many years it was a popular rhode island tourist destination. In march 2014 snow and ice caused part of the roof to collapse in the world war ii era hangar that housed the museum near quonset state airport. Wpri firefighters responded to a report of a roof collapse at the quonset air museum located at 488 eccleston avenue around 3 p m. The quonset air museum was an aerospace museum located at quonset point air national guard station in north kingstown rhode island.

The museum s collection included military vehicles missiles aircraft and over 5000 smaller aviation artifacts.