Flight museum moving inland to Houston

GALVESTON (AP).- After sustaining more than $18 million in damage following Hurricane Ike almost three years ago, the Lone Star Flight Museum will be moving from the island city of Galveston to Houston. “I can’t risk another 8 feet of water being in the facility,” said the museum’s executive director, Larry Gregory. The Houston Chronicle reported (http://bit.ly/oQdGKS ) that the museum will be relocated to Houston’s Ellington International Airport, a former military field. Gregory said construction should begin in about 18 months and the move could take three years. Last week, the Houston City Council approved a 40-year contract with the museum for 14 acres at Ellington, said Ian Wadsworth, chief commercial officer for the Houston Airport System. The contract commits the museum to making at least $7.5 million in improvements. Gregory said that the $15,000 annual rent is about the same it’s paying at Scholes International Airport in Galveston. At Ellington, the museum’s 13 flyin

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