Google May Come To The Rescue Of Historic 'Hangar One'
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 07:42AM 
(click pic to enlarge) Hangar One at Moffett Field in 2008 (photo: Telstar Logistics)
I'm a little late to the party with this info, but as they say; better late than never. Which also happens to apply to this unique situation with the historic Hangar One at Moffett Field near San Jose, California... just when the future for this amazing structure looked really bleak, and while work continued removing the building's outer skin, Google has stepped up to the plate to offer an encouraging solution. Ok, actually it's the principal players at Google; Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt who offered up a plan in September (tho not made public til mid-December) where their H211 company would put forth $33 million to restore the building in exchange for being able to use up to 2/3 of the floor space to park their fleet of aircraft, which include a 767, 757 some G-V's and a recently added Alpha Jet.
(click pic to enlarge) 1,133' long by 308' wide - 8 acres under roof! (photo: Telstar Logistics)
You can find more info on the situation in this article from the San Jose Mercury News, including some pix of the hangar with the skin coming off. There seems to be a fair amount of politics involved in all the goings on at Moffett these days, but I think that a deal with H211 to save Hangar One from being totally dismantled is a good way to go. In this modern age of a lack of government funds to pay for the things we've often taken for granted, some private support seems like just the ticket. And, as an Android fanboy, I'm just really happy it isn't an Apple related solution : )
(click pic to enlarge) The boggling structure of Hangar One (photo: Telstar Logistics)
Hangar One was built in the 1930's and once housed the USS Macon, the 784 foot long US Navy airship built by the Goodyear-Zeppelin company. Moffett Field is also home to the awesome Farmers Insurance Zeppelin NT airship.
Reader Comments (2)
Great news if it goes through. Spent many days inside Hanger 1 during airshows. I actually took my first hot-air balloon ride inside that hanger. It would be cool if an airplane museum could "squeeze" into the remaining space ala Tillamook Oregon.
TR
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