Comments on: Blimp Hangar http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/25/blimp-hangar/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:59:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Kirk http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/25/blimp-hangar/#comment-38524 Kirk Mon, 24 Jul 2006 03:41:30 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/25/blimp-hangar/#comment-38524 Akron Fulton Airport is also the home of the “All Americia Soap Box Derby” On ESPN this past weekend. In the Northeastern corner of the airport property you will find the word “AKRON” In large letters. That is near the finish line at the Derby Downs racetrack. Akron Fulton Airport is also the home of the “All Americia Soap Box Derby” On ESPN this past weekend. In the Northeastern corner of the airport property you will find the word “AKRON”
In large letters. That is near the finish line at the Derby Downs racetrack.

]]> By: Ally http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/25/blimp-hangar/#comment-17219 Ally Wed, 24 May 2006 00:57:04 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/25/blimp-hangar/#comment-17219 The place actually caught fire a few days ago. No major damage, as far as I've read, however. Which is nice to know. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=111BB98C9B9A73B8&p_docnum=6 http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=111BB98C85F17048&p_docnum=4 http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=111BB98C2A5E1D78&p_docnum=3 http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=111CB6D1958283F8&p_docnum=2 The place actually caught fire a few days ago. No major damage, as far as I’ve read, however. Which is nice to know.

http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=111BB98C9B9A73B8&p_docnum=6
http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=111BB98C85F17048&p_docnum=4
http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=111BB98C2A5E1D78&p_docnum=3
http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=111CB6D1958283F8&p_docnum=2

]]> By: Piper http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/25/blimp-hangar/#comment-14863 Piper Thu, 04 May 2006 17:10:41 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/25/blimp-hangar/#comment-14863 Jennifer the Akron and Macon ships were not built by the Germans they were built by Akronites in the hanger. There is still a spare stringer sub assembly for the airships tied to the inside wall. It's 5 stories high. I work in that building. Jennifer the Akron and Macon ships were not built by the Germans they were built by Akronites in the hanger. There is still a spare stringer sub assembly for the airships tied to the inside wall. It’s 5 stories high. I work in that building.

]]> By: Dynamic Vioaltor http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/25/blimp-hangar/#comment-4265 Dynamic Vioaltor Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:23:45 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/25/blimp-hangar/#comment-4265 Here's the actual hangar where the Goodyear blimps are housed. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=akron&ll=41.008358,-81.361785&spn=0.005106,0.007226&t=k&hl=en Here’s the actual hangar where the Goodyear blimps are housed.
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

]]> By: Farin http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/25/blimp-hangar/#comment-1319 Farin Sat, 14 May 2005 01:02:36 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/25/blimp-hangar/#comment-1319 And Don't forget The AKron Zips Stadium, and Derby downs, but a few hundred feet away. And Don’t forget The AKron Zips Stadium, and Derby downs, but a few hundred feet away.

]]> By: Farin http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/25/blimp-hangar/#comment-1318 Farin Sat, 14 May 2005 01:00:14 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/25/blimp-hangar/#comment-1318 Hey thats right down the street from me Hey thats right down the street from me

]]> By: Jennifer http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/25/blimp-hangar/#comment-1232 Jennifer Thu, 12 May 2005 23:45:45 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/25/blimp-hangar/#comment-1232 This is not a blimp hangar (although there is a blimp on the field, yes). This is a zeppelin hangar for one of the two large airships (the USS Macon and USS Akron) built by the Zeppelinwerke in Germany for the US Navy. Both crashed -- and the last large airship ever built was the Graf Zeppelin II. She was scrapped (as was the original Graf Zeppelin) when the materials were needed for the war effort and when the public was no longer willing to fly on airships due to the loss of the Hindenburg (which was not solely due to the hydrogen lifting gas but instead due to the fact that the silver doping used had the same content as does solid rocket fuel!). Look closely and you can see the spot where the mooring mast used to be located for takeoffs and landings as well as remnants of the rails that led from the hangar to the field (the mast was movable). This is not a blimp hangar (although there is a blimp on the field, yes). This is a zeppelin hangar for one of the two large airships (the USS Macon and USS Akron) built by the Zeppelinwerke in Germany for the US Navy. Both crashed — and the last large airship ever built was the Graf Zeppelin II. She was scrapped (as was the original Graf Zeppelin) when the materials were needed for the war effort and when the public was no longer willing to fly on airships due to the loss of the Hindenburg (which was not solely due to the hydrogen lifting gas but instead due to the fact that the silver doping used had the same content as does solid rocket fuel!).

Look closely and you can see the spot where the mooring mast used to be located for takeoffs and landings as well as remnants of the rails that led from the hangar to the field (the mast was movable).

]]> By: Don http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/25/blimp-hangar/#comment-1009 Don Mon, 02 May 2005 04:39:02 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/25/blimp-hangar/#comment-1009 Look at photos in Image Gallery at http://www.moffettfieldmuseum.org/ and you'll see that the hangars held several blimps at once. Some very fine photos of blimps in the hangars and flying in formation. Look at photos in Image Gallery at http://www.moffettfieldmuseum.org/ and you’ll see that the hangars held several blimps at once. Some very fine photos of blimps in the hangars and flying in formation.

]]> By: Junktruck http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/25/blimp-hangar/#comment-856 Junktruck Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:03:42 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/25/blimp-hangar/#comment-856 Here's the Largest building in the world NOW! Boeing Assembly plant in Everett, WA. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=47.926011,-122.271652&spn=0.021200,0.024333&t=k&hl=en Here’s the Largest building in the world NOW! Boeing Assembly plant in Everett, WA.

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

]]> By: Beth http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/25/blimp-hangar/#comment-852 Beth Tue, 26 Apr 2005 02:03:14 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/2005/04/25/blimp-hangar/#comment-852 I believe Lockheed is triyng to get a new contract to build some new, manless, blimps for surveillance. Don't know if they got the go-ahead. right now part of the building is used as office space. i thinkt hat is a blimp in the grass, but its not a goodyear blimp (the one based in akron is docked at a goodyear facility to the SE) so more likely its one of the smaller metlife blimps or something like it. I believe Lockheed is triyng to get a new contract to build some new, manless, blimps for surveillance. Don’t know if they got the go-ahead. right now part of the building is used as office space.

i thinkt hat is a blimp in the grass, but its not a goodyear blimp (the one based in akron is docked at a goodyear facility to the SE) so more likely its one of the smaller metlife blimps or something like it.

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