UPDATE: About 60 Air Force planes taking refuge at Blue Grass

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UPDATE, 11 A.M. MONDAY, AUG. 24, 2020

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Blue Grass Airport is ow home to about 60 T-6 Texan II Air Force training planes that have bee evacuated from a Florida base in advance of Tropical Storm Laura.

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“The aircraft that had the landing gear issue last night is now approximately one of 60+ planes that have come up to our airport from a military training base in Florida,” Blue Grass spokesperson Amy Caudill said referring to a plane that made an emergency landing Sunday night.

The planes will return to Florida once the storm has cleared the area of their base.

Source: Blue Grass Airport
Source: Blue Grass Airport
Source: Blue Grass Airport

ORIGINAL STORY 11 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – A small military training plane evacuating Florida ahead of two approaching tropical storms, landed safely at Lexington’s Blue Grass Airport Sunday night after having landing gear problems, according to the airport.

The airport says the pilot indicated he couldn’t get the plane’s landing gear down.

Emergency personnel and vehicles from the airport and the Lexington Fire Department responded to the runway.

The airport says the pilot eventually was able to manually get the landing gear down and landed safely.  The pilot wasn’t hurt.  He was the only person on the plane.

The plane is a T-6 Texas II.

*Note:  The image of the plane that accompanies this story is the same model airplane, not the actual aircraft that landed safely at Blue Grass Airport.

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Tom Kenny joined ABC 36 News in June of 2001 as a General Assignment Reporter. A native of Peoria, Illinois, he graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications from Western Illinois University. He currently anchors ABC 36 News at 5pm, 6pm and 11pm. Tom has more than three decades of experience in broadcast journalism. He is the only broadcast journalist in Lexington television history to be honored with a national Edward R. Murrow Award. Tom was recognized for reporting on a story that gave a rare glimpse inside the secretive world of the Federal Witness Protection Program. He has won an Emmy Award for anchoring and another for investigative reporting, exposing the deceit and potential danger of online diploma mills. Tom has ten other Emmy nominations to his credit for investigative and feature reporting. He has won Associated Press Awards for reporting and anchoring. He has won two Addy Awards for excellence in promotional writing. Tom was the first broadcast journalist in Lexington TV history to be awarded the Silver Circle Award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. It is one of the highest honors given by NATAS. It recognizes television professionals who have performed distinguished service within the television industry for 25-years or more. Tom was honored for more than his longevity, he was recognized for making an enduring contribution to the vitality of the television industry and for setting high standards of achievement. He was also recognized for giving back to the community as a mentor, educator and volunteer. Tom also has network broadcast experience in radio and television having worked as a sports reporter for ESPN, Sportschannel, NBC Sports and the Breeders’ Cup. He was also the studio host and halftime producer for CBS Radio Sports’ College Football Game of the Week and covered the NFL for One-On-One Radio Sports. Prior to joining WTVQ-TV, Tom was Vice-President of the Houston Astros Minor League baseball team in Lexington. He was part of the original management team that brought professional baseball back to the Bluegrass after a nearly 50-year absence. Tom has lived in Lexington since 1984. In that time, he has been heavily involved with dozens of charity and civic groups, with a special emphasis on helping Veterans. He can be reached at tkenny@wtvq.com. You can also follow Tom on Facebook www.facebook.com/TomKennyABC and Twitter @TomKennyNews. Just click on the links at the top of the page.