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Hangar One is one of the world's largest freestanding structures, covering 8 acres (32,000 m 2; 3.2 ha) at Moffett Field near Mountain View, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. The massive hangar has long been one of the most recognizable landmarks of California's Silicon Valley .
Moffett Field's "Hangar One" (built during the Depression era for the USS Macon) and the row of World War II blimp hangars are still some of the largest unsupported structures in the country. The airship hangar is constructed on a network of steel girders sheathed with galvanized steel .
Hangars Two and Three at Moffett Field are 1,075 ft (328 m) long, 297 ft (91 m) wide and 171 ft (52 m) high, with an extruded parabolic form that reflected the profile of the airship vessels to be accommodated. A total of 51 Douglas Fir heavy-timber trusses resting on concrete bent frames contain the two-story shop and office areas.
The company's Planetary Ventures wing has signed a lease with NASA that lets it manage Moffett Federal Airfield, including three hangars, two runways and even a golf course. ... The agreement also ...
Supervision of NAS Moffett Field's two runways, three aircraft hangars, and 3.5 million square feet of facilities was turned over to the NASA Ames Research Center. As the new federal custodian, NASA Ames operates the shared facility in the heart of "Silicon Valley" at the southern end of San Francisco Bay and serves as host to a number of other ...
Moffett Field airship hangars; S. Shenandoah Plaza National Historic District This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 17:36 (UTC). ...
The ships were constructed in Akron. The Akron was based in Lakehurst while the Macon was based at Moffett Field. During World War II, seventeen large hangars were built to house US Navy blimps. Today, five of these wooden hangars still exist: Moffett Field (1), Tustin, California (1), Tillamook, Oregon (1), Lakehurst, New Jersey (2).
After announcing Wayne County will receive $350,000 for hangar construction at the Wayne County Airport and $300,000 to construct a dog park at the Wayne County Dog Shelter and Adoption Center ...