That blimp hangar looks to be identical to the Moffett field hangar in Mountain View, CA. Now stripped down to its frame because of asbestos in the cladding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangar_One_(Mountain_View,_California)
Approx thirty years ago during an air show, my wife and got to go inside of the Moffett field hanger and the place was beyond huge. So big that they had hot air balloons lifting off inside of it. To see a blimp/dirigible inside of one would have been incredible.
I passed the Cardington hangars in Bedfordshire many times, and they are something to behold. They've had many and varied uses since the R101 crashed and airship production ceased. At one point, full size buildings were being built inside for structural integrity testing.
That blimp hangar looks to be identical to the Moffett field hangar in Mountain View, CA. Now stripped down to its frame because of asbestos in the cladding.
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangar_One_(Mountain_View,_California)
Don't know how true this is, but I heard that sometimes weather conditions occur inside these building.
ReplyDeleteApprox thirty years ago during an air show, my wife and got to go inside of the Moffett field hanger and the place was beyond huge. So big that they had hot air balloons lifting off inside of it. To see a blimp/dirigible inside of one would have been incredible.
ReplyDeleteI passed the Cardington hangars in Bedfordshire many times, and they are something to behold.
ReplyDeleteThey've had many and varied uses since the R101 crashed and airship production ceased.
At one point, full size buildings were being built inside for structural integrity testing.