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To: BenLurkin

My first US Navy Tech School(”A” School) was in the Hagar built for the Graf Zeppelin Co. Hangar One US Naval Air Station Lakehurst New Jersey. Was kinda neat. This hangar was so HUGE that it made it’s own weather.


5 posted on 05/06/2017 12:12:37 PM PDT by US Navy Vet (Trump Train!!!)
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To: US Navy Vet

Same weather thing would happen inside the blimp hangers at the Tustin Air Station


7 posted on 05/06/2017 12:25:01 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: US Navy Vet
Hagar built for the Graf Zeppelin Co. Hangar One US Naval Air Station Lakehurst New Jersey.

No, it was built for the Navy with the contract awarded in 1919 with construction starting in 1920 and completion in 1921. It was first used to construct the USS Shenandoah (1922 - 23). The first German built ship housed there was the USS Los Angeles (war reparations). LZ 127 (Graf Zeppelin) wasn't built until 1928.

Trivia - the three US built rigid airships all broke up in flight; the German built machine did not.

9 posted on 05/06/2017 12:25:59 PM PDT by PAR35
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CG Air Station Miami,Opalocka Fl was a dirigible air field.

When the folks bought this 1776 farm and house in 67 they began to restore it. When they tore up the flooring of layers and layers of linoleum and all kinds of other crap,way down was newspaper and one of them was the front page of the Hindinburg


11 posted on 05/06/2017 12:29:31 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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