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A hangar is a building or structure designed to hold aircraft or spacecraft. Hangars are built of metal, wood, or concrete. The word hangar comes from Middle French hanghart, of Germanic origin, from
A Royal Air Force station hangar
The Wright Flyer outside the aircraft's makeshift hangar
Carl Richard Nyberg's hangar for his Flugan (fly) from 1908, Täcka udden in Lidingö, Sweden
Six helium-filled blimps stored in one of the two hangars at the former US Marine Corps Air Station Tustin
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin is a former United States Navy and United States Marine Corps air station, located in Tustin, California.
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…Lakehurst, New Jersey (2); Weeksville, North Carolina (1); Glynco, Georgia (2); Richmond, Florida (3); Houma, Louisiana (1); Hitchcock, Texas (1); Tustin (Santa Ana), California (2); Moffett Field, California (2) and Tillamook, Oregon (2). Of the seventeen, only seven remain, Moffett Federal Field, (former NAS Moffett Field…
Hangar No. 2 (South Hangar) at the former Marine Corps Air Station in Tustin, California measures 1,072 feet (327 m) long by 292 feet (89 m) wide by 192 feet (59 m) tall. It and its sister structure (partially visible to the right) are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. The two hangars, built in 1942 of Oregon Douglas fir, are among the largest free-standing wooden structures in the world.
Tustin Hangar No. 1 fire, 11:48 am 7 November 2023
Hangar No. 1 at MCAS Tustin under construction, 1942.
A different view of Hangar No. 1 under construction.