The Tillamook Air Museum will reopen Oct. 29, nearly 10 months after a winter windstorm tore a roughly 200-foot section from the roof of its historic home, museum officials announced this week. The museum is housed in Hangar B, a massive World War II-era wooden structure at 6030 Hangar Road. It closed indefinitely after the Dec. 18, 2025, storm exposed the building’s timber frame to the elements. The museum plans to open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on reopening day. The landmark’s prospects changed in August, when Sean O’Brien, president of Utah-based nonprofit Vintage Aviation Museum, agreed to buy Hangar B for $1 and the museum’s remaining assets for $20. The sale has since closed. O’Brien, a former Tillamook resident who once volunteered at the museum and works as a general contractor, said he wants to preserve the structure and its aviation history. The Port of Tillamook Bay hired a Seattle-area company to remove the damaged section of roofing. O’Brien said he plans to begin repairs after that work is complete and expects the roof project to finish by the end of the year or in early January. Port officials had previously been told repairs could cost $2.5 million to $6.5 million; O’Brien estimates the work will cost no more than $450,000. Built by the U.S. Navy in 1943, Hangar B housed K-class blimps used to patrol the West Coast during World War II. Made largely from Oregon Douglas fir, it measures about 175 feet tall, 1,072 feet long and nearly 300 feet wide—large enough to hold six football fields. A second Tillamook hangar, Hangar A, burned in 1992, leaving B as the last of the pair. O’Brien said the work will happen in stages, with the roof the immediate priority. Longer-term plans include restoring the building, adding aircraft and exhibits, expanding events, and installing interactive displays and flight simulators. The reopening brings back a significant local museum while repairs to the storm-damaged landmark remain underway.