Oct 302012
Sandy trashed the flimsy tent that had been covering the Shuttle, and appears to have ripped the tip off the vertical stabilizer.
Space Shuttle Enterprise Damaged by Hurricane Sandy
I guess it’s a good thing that Enterprise wasn’t taken somewhere like the USAF Museum in Dayton, where it would be in a good solid hangar.
This isn’t the first time Enterprise has gotten damaged in NYC on the barge ride in it mashed into a bridge, banging up a wingtip:
Wasn’t enough ‘space’: Enterprise damaged on barge journey
I wonder if the rudder damage will be fixed in the same way the wingtip damage was fixed… by painting it.