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It looks like the Goodyear Airdock in Akron, Ohio was built in 1929 by the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation. Hangar One in Mountain View, California was built in 1933 and was designed by Dr. Karl Arnstein, Vice President and Director of Engineering for the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation. According...

I stumbled across this page about the Worlds 7 Largest Aircraft Hangars the other day and thought it was interesting. Granted, most of the biggest hangars were for airships (blimps) but the hangar for the Spruce Goose is listed there too - and some others.

Also know as "developmentally disabled".

Thanks for adding the photos, Anymouse. That is one huge bifold door on that hangar. Looks like it's doing it's job, alright! I see what you mean by getting the biggest door you can.

You present some good points. I'll need to take another look at the trusses and see if they're a problem. It seems like a steel/red iron frame building would have at least a couple of beams that protrude from the walls too. I guess there would be less of them than you would have inside a fabric...

Well, you make a good point.

Well, I'd like it to last forever. Ha ha. The companies I've talked to so far suggest the covers will last for about 20 years before you have to replace them. Not sure how accurate that claim is though.

I'm starting to think about what type of hangar I want to put on my property. A post-and-pole building is high on my list. They're pretty conventional and it'll probably be easy to find a construction outfit that can put it together for me. But I've also been looking at fabric airplane hangars...

Oops. Didn't see the date on the post. Oh well. Hooray for the new Hayden!

Never fun when expensive equipment dies. I'll agree that the GMX-200 is a great replacement unit.

Wow. Looks great! What a fun project.

There's always superglue to fix up the old chap.