Tustin Blimp Hangar Roof Collapse
A bird of prey soars near the southern hangar.
Tustin blimp hangar roof collapse. Navy has finished stabilizing the northern hangar at the former tustin marine base following a partial roof collapse in october 2013. A hangar roof collapsed monday morning in tustin damaging a 35 million experimental airship. The aeroscraft helium filled zeppelin rests in the very back of the blimp hangar in tustin after a 25 foot by 25 foot section of the roof of the hangar collapsed this morning damaging the craft. Sam gangwer orange county register.
Small pieces of wood fell from the hangar. Orange county supervisor todd spitzer said monday s partial roof collapse of an enormous world war ii era blimp hangar is the second incident in a week. In october 2013 part of the roof collapsed damaging the airship prototype. A once proud blimp hangar still awe inspiring from a distance today languishes idle and abandoned.
A section of the roof on the north tustin blimp hangar collapsed in 2013 sending debris down on an experimental helium filled airship being developed to ferry cargo. Orange county fire officials said there s a giant hole in the roof of one of the huge concrete hangars. A technician works on the.