Tustin Blimp Hangar Roof Collapse

Now held up by a tower on either side.

Tustin blimp hangar roof collapse.

See the collapsed roof. Small pieces of wood fell from the hangar. Titans of history a historical account of the mcas tustin hangars approved by the department of the navy state office of historic preservation shpo and federal advisory council. The aeroscraft helium filled airship sits at the back of the tustin blimp hangar after a 25 foot by 25 foot section of the roof collapsed and damaged the craft early monday morning.

In october 2013 part of the roof collapsed damaging the airship prototype. The former marine corps air station mcas is now a planned community called tustin legacy adjacent to the district shopping center. Chief pilot mark robinson flying over the site in a helicopter. 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.

A technician works on the. Sam gangwer orange county register. Tustin part of the roof of one of two historic marine corps air station hangars collapsed monday damaging a massive 35 million zeppelin inside and causing a helium leak. Orange county fire officials said there s a giant hole in the roof of one of the huge concrete hangars.

Aerial view of the tustin blimp hangars in tustin california. But repair and maintenance costs are premature at the moment said anthony megliola the base closure manager for the former marine corps air station in tustin. A hangar roof collapsed monday morning in tustin damaging a 35 million experimental airship. The city of tustin and county of orange published a written history of the lighter than air blimp hangars at the former marine corps air station mcas tustin entitled the tustin hangars.