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On 1 July 1994, NAS Moffett Field was closed as a naval air station and turned over to the NASA Ames Research Center. NASA Ames now operates the facility as Moffett Federal Airfield. Since being decommissioned as a primary military installation, part of Moffett has been made accessible to the public, including a cordoned portion of the interior ...
The hangar at its opening in 1933. Designed by German air ship and structural engineer Dr. Karl Arnstein, Vice President and Director of Engineering for the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation of Akron, Ohio, in collaboration with Wilbur Watson Associates Architects and Engineers of Cleveland, Ohio, Hangar One is constructed on a network of steel girders sheathed with galvanized steel.
Naval Air Station Moffett Field: Mountain View: California: Transferred to NASA and redesignated as Moffett Federal Airfield for NASA and the California Air National Guard. Naval Air Station Montauk: Montauk: New York [66] Naval Air Station New York: Brooklyn: New York: 1971 Realigned as CGAS New York, closed 1999 Naval Air Station Niagara ...
Moffett Federal Airfield Transfers to NASA Ames Research Center NASA, owner of the adjacent Ames Research Center, assumed control of the NAS Moffett Field facility. 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 ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... (Moffett Federal Airfield) Hastings Naval Ammunition Depot, Nebraska ... Moffett Field airship hangars;
Moffett Field's "Hangar One" was built in 1931 during the Depression era for the USS Macon, and is one of the largest unsupported structures in the country. [8] The airship hangar is constructed on a network of steel girders sheathed with galvanized steel , and rests firmly upon a reinforced pad anchored to concrete pilings .
The Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel, located at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Federal Airfield, Mountain View, California, United States, is a research facility used extensively to design and test new generations of aircraft, both commercial and military, as well as NASA space vehicles, including the Space Shuttle.
Supervision of Moffett Federal Airfield'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 ...