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Military Wednesday – Airship Hangars

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

WWII blimp hangar
Dirigible USS Macon's Hangar 1
WWII Blimp Hangars

Blimp hangars at Tustin Air Station

Hangars #5 and #6 at Lakehurst Naval Airstation
Goodyear blimp hangar

Hangar of the Zeppelin LZ N07-100 Airship
WDL Blimp Hangar
Goodyear Airdock