Military Wednesday - Airship Hangars

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Wednesday, May 18 2011 by

Airships are sheltered in airship hangars during construction and sometimes also for regular operation, particularly at bad weather conditions. Rigid airships always needed to be based in airship hangars because weathering was a serious risk.

Airship hangars (StreetView)
Airship hangars

WWII blimp hangar (StreetView)
WWII blimp hangar
Dirigible USS Macon's Hangar 1 (Birds Eye)
Dirigible USS Macon's Hangar 1

WWII Blimp Hangars (Google Maps)
WWII Blimp Hangars

Blimp hangars at Tustin Air Station (Birds Eye)
Blimp hangars at Tustin Air Station

Hangars #5 and #6 at Lakehurst Naval Airstation (Birds Eye)
Hangars #5 and #6 at Lakehurst Naval Airstation
Goodyear blimp hangar (Birds Eye)
Goodyear blimp hangar

Hangar of the Zeppelin LZ N07-100 Airship (Birds Eye)
Hangar of the Zeppelin LZ N07-100 Airship
WDL Blimp Hangar (Google Maps)
WDL Blimp Hangar

Goodyear Airdock (Google Maps)
Goodyear Airdock

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