a radical curved design based on a hangar built in Dresden in 1913. This half-cylinder form with its shell-shaped doors helped eliminate the vortices that more traditional, rectangular structures can create – whirling masses of air that made moving giant airships in and out of hangars such a risky business.
the dirigible has one wheel on the bottom of the control capsule, making it eligible to meet my requirement of things posted having wheels, and being cool
I did some research on this building some years ago. One fascinating point I discovered was that the build is so large that it can create its own weather environment. At least once, the outside temperature dropped so quickly that the humidity in the top caused it to snow inside the building.
ReplyDeleteThere is a large hanger in Tillamook Oregon as well.
ReplyDeletehttps://friendsoftillamookairmuseum.org/