Blimp Hangar B by bmac62
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...If you had eight blimps (lighter than air airships)
...each 252 feet long
...that needed to be housed inside away from wind and storms
...what would you do?
Dirigible Hangar B at Naval Air Station, Tillamook was the answer in 1943.
Tara (auntietk) has posted several photos recently of small parts of this huge wooden building...Sooooo, this is the entire thing for those of you who find architectural details to be of interest.
Here are Tara's links:
"Truss"
"Number 25"
"Waiting in the Wings"
And now a link for the real avid students of architecture and history, and I know you are out there;-) Click Here
Bill
P.S.
1. The building was the star of the show for Tara and me at the Tillamook Air Museum...but we didn't acknowledge that to ourselves or to each other until later in the day.
2. The two yellowed images above are photos taken by me of photos in the Air Museum's photo gallery.
"Sea Green"
Comments (29)
awjay
superb piece of work my friend
MrsRatbag
Wonderful! I really like seeing the in-progress construction shots, how cool! Excellent collage and presentation, Bill!
flavia49
wonderful collage
blinkings
Wow what an amazing place.
Blush
Awesome collage I got up a new one too A birthday dedi for someone special and my latest health update would love to see you drop by Hugs Susan~
jocko500
this is wonderful shots of this building
morningglory
Hard to imagine how huge this building is. Awesome images.
Faemike55
Very cool captures and great views
bazza
Great bit of engineering and construction work in this hanger, very nice collage Bill well done!
RodS
Excellent collage, Bill! Sorry for the short comments - many problems here. Phone service out, internet access spotty at best. Hopefully will be fixed Sunday.
auntietk
Wonderful presentation! This really shows off the building. Full view is a must ... it's outstanding! Thanks for putting this together.
drace68
Big. Really taken by the low wing monoplane inside the structure. I keep thinking it's an Erocoup. Perhaps my spelling is off, but Wiki didn't recognize it. Was touted to be an "everyman's" plane in the late 1940s. Woefully under-powered. About 1980 one flew into Casper, WY airport (elev. about 5300 ft) during the summer, and couldn't get off the runway - had to be trucked to lower elevations down the North Platte drainage.
hipps13
a variety to view as the color observe each has a say to what will watch wonderful warm hugs, Linda
bobrgallegos
Awesome collage and info!! Love the architechture.
jayfar
A fantastic set of pics Bill and now fully explains Tara's.
durleybeachbum
Truly astonishing! Thankyou!
T.Rex
Aha! The lower right picture explans a much earier posting where I was wondering about camera angle and so on. Now, why wood? The year 1943 says it all - high demand for metals (army, navy and air force) and not enough to go around. The year of the non-copper penny. And lots of wood in the area. So, why not make it of wood? Beautiful photos of the intricate latice-work. Even metal constructions of that size would require such latice work. Very nice to include the old photos from the structure's construction. A true feat of engineering, and a good photographer back then. Very nice job on this, Bill. Keep up the good work! :-)
fallen21
Fantastic shots!
helanker
WOW! That hanger is really HUGE! One could learn to fly in it. ;-) Excellent montage of super shots.
Meisiekind
H U G E!!! What an amazing collage. I love how your and Tara's images together just give us such an amazing overview - with detail!! Love it Bill.
Rainastorm
VERY cool shots of the different parts Bill...I will try to get over and see Taras as well...this is just to cool. Bet it was most awesome in person! :-)
debbielove
Oh WOW!!!! Bill this IS a wonderful idea and series of photos! Brilliant.. Such a great place to visit I imagine! Now, I'll comment on Tara's! lol Take care... Rob
lyron
Wonderful collage!!
jendellas
That is a monster building!!!
makron
Fantastic collage..
danapommet
Fantastic collage and views of this huge hanger. Nice info and links also. Dana
wysiwig
Fantastic collage. I particularly like the second one down on the left. The curvature, the textures and pattens and the light shift from lite to dark are exceptional.
MagikUnicorn
EXCELLENT WORK
beachzz
I am more and more amazed by what a man can do when it comes to building amazing things. This is yet another example--wow!!