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Blizzard of ’77 Hangar Collapse

ByBill Riccio January 29, 2021June 1, 2025

I dedicate this page to my sister Carol Payne Zagon for if it weren’t for her extraordinary photographic skills, this story wouldn’t exist. Sometime between Friday night, January 28, and early Saturday morning, January 29, 1977, we suffered a devastating hangar collapse. The roof of the West building of our twin “North” hangars gave way…

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Blizzard of 77 Hanger Collapse

Blizzard of ’77

ByBill Riccio January 29, 2020June 1, 2025

Since this is the 43rd anniversary of The Blizzard of 1977, it’s only fitting to look back at the hanger collapse at Buffalo Air-Park and remember the planes that were lost. I was only 9 at that time and still remember the sadness I felt seeing so much destruction.