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BadNick · 02-16-2009, 07:01 AM

Are you at the Tillamook Air Museum? ...if not, maybe I should be living in Idiotville, Oregon

Even though I have my doubts that you're here since the building is not really "recent", I'll post it anyway since it looks like a pretty cool museum: Tillamook Air Museum

There are a bunch of cool airplanes at the museum:
1938 Bellanca Air Cruiser
P-38 Lightning
PBY-5A Catalina
F4U-7 Corsair
TBM Avenger
SBD Dauntless
L-29 Delphin
A-26 Douglas Invader
J2F-6 Duck
PV-2 Harpoon
AM-1 Martin Mauler
Bf-109 Messerschmitt
P-51 Mustang
P2V-7 Neptune
C-47 Skytrain
AD-4W Skyraider
ERCO ERCOUPE 415-C
PT-17 Stearman
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser (Mini-Guppy)
T-6 Texan
FM-2 Wildcat
F-14A Tomcat
A-7 Corsair II
A-4B Skyhawk
Fairchild GK-1
Kaman HTK -1 Helicopter
Nord 1101
Bell Helicopter
Cessna 180
Chris-Teena Mini-Coupe
Alien Blimp
Quickie homebuilt
Ki-43 Oscar
Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig 17/Lim-6

See one of America's finest collections of over 30 War Birds including our P-38 Lightning, F4U-Corsair, P51-Mustang, PBY Catalina and SBD Dauntless dive bomber. Climb into a jet simulator! Explore our exhibit hall that features rare historical wartime and aviation artifacts including pieces of the great German airship the Hindenburg and a WWII Luftwaffe flight jacket. Have lunch at our 40/50's Café. Enjoy shopping in our aviation gift shop. All housed in a rare World War II Blimp Hangar...the largest wooden structure in the world!

Length: 1,072 feet
Height: 192 feet
(over 15 stories)
Width: 296 feet
Area: Over 7 acres
(enough to play six football games)
Doors: 120 ft. high,
6 sections each weighing 30 tons.
220 ft. wide opening. The sections roll on railroad tracks
Catwalks: 2 catwalks, each 137 ft. above the hangar deck

In 1942, the U.S. Navy began construction of 17 wooden hangars to house the K-class blimps being used for anti-submarine coast patrol and convoy escort. Two of these hangars were built at the Naval Air Station Tilllamook, commissioned in December 1942 to serve the Oregon-Washington coastal area.

Construction of the two hangars was rushed to completion. Hangar "B" was the first one built and was completed in the spring of 1943. Hangar "A" which was destroyed in a 1992 fire, was completed in only 30 days. Amazingly, there were no serious injuries or deaths on the whole project.

Stationed at NAS Tillamook was Squadron ZP-33 with a complement of eight K-ships. The K-ships were 252 feet long and filled with 425,000 cu. ft. of helium. With a range of 2,000 miles and an ability to stay aloft for three days, they were well suited for coast patrol and convoy escort. Naval Air Station Tillamook was decommissioned in 1948.

Since 1994 the remaining hangar has been home to one of the top five privately owned aircraft collections in the nation.

02-16-2009, 07:01 AM	#4613 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	Are you at the Tillamook Air Museum? ...if not, maybe I should be living in Idiotville, Oregon Even though I have my doubts that you're here since the building is not really "recent", I'll post it anyway since it looks like a pretty cool museum: Tillamook Air Museum There are a bunch of cool airplanes at the museum: 1938 Bellanca Air Cruiser P-38 Lightning PBY-5A Catalina F4U-7 Corsair TBM Avenger SBD Dauntless L-29 Delphin A-26 Douglas Invader J2F-6 Duck PV-2 Harpoon AM-1 Martin Mauler Bf-109 Messerschmitt P-51 Mustang P2V-7 Neptune C-47 Skytrain AD-4W Skyraider ERCO ERCOUPE 415-C PT-17 Stearman Boeing 377 Stratocruiser (Mini-Guppy) T-6 Texan FM-2 Wildcat F-14A Tomcat A-7 Corsair II A-4B Skyhawk Fairchild GK-1 Kaman HTK -1 Helicopter Nord 1101 Bell Helicopter Cessna 180 Chris-Teena Mini-Coupe Alien Blimp Quickie homebuilt Ki-43 Oscar Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig 17/Lim-6 See one of America's finest collections of over 30 War Birds including our P-38 Lightning, F4U-Corsair, P51-Mustang, PBY Catalina and SBD Dauntless dive bomber. Climb into a jet simulator! Explore our exhibit hall that features rare historical wartime and aviation artifacts including pieces of the great German airship the Hindenburg and a WWII Luftwaffe flight jacket. Have lunch at our 40/50's Café. Enjoy shopping in our aviation gift shop. All housed in a rare World War II Blimp Hangar...the largest wooden structure in the world! Length: 1,072 feet Height: 192 feet (over 15 stories) Width: 296 feet Area: Over 7 acres (enough to play six football games) Doors: 120 ft. high, 6 sections each weighing 30 tons. 220 ft. wide opening. The sections roll on railroad tracks Catwalks: 2 catwalks, each 137 ft. above the hangar deck In 1942, the U.S. Navy began construction of 17 wooden hangars to house the K-class blimps being used for anti-submarine coast patrol and convoy escort. Two of these hangars were built at the Naval Air Station Tilllamook, commissioned in December 1942 to serve the Oregon-Washington coastal area. Construction of the two hangars was rushed to completion. Hangar "B" was the first one built and was completed in the spring of 1943. Hangar "A" which was destroyed in a 1992 fire, was completed in only 30 days. Amazingly, there were no serious injuries or deaths on the whole project. Stationed at NAS Tillamook was Squadron ZP-33 with a complement of eight K-ships. The K-ships were 252 feet long and filled with 425,000 cu. ft. of helium. With a range of 2,000 miles and an ability to stay aloft for three days, they were well suited for coast patrol and convoy escort. Naval Air Station Tillamook was decommissioned in 1948. Since 1994 the remaining hangar has been home to one of the top five privately owned aircraft collections in the nation.