Tillamook Air Museum

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Tillamook Air Museum
Established 1992
Location Tillamook, Oregon, United States
Type Private: aerospace
Website TillamookAir.com

Tillamook Air Museum is an aviation museum located south of Tillamook, Oregon at Tillamook Airport . The museum is housed in a former military blimp hangar, called "Hangar B", which is the largest clear-span wooden structure in the world.[1] Tillamook Air Museum has been described as "one of the country's top private World War II aircraft collections".[2]

Constructed by the US Navy in 1942 during World War II for Naval Air Station Tillamook, the hangar building housing the aircraft is 1,072 feet long and 296 feet wide, giving it over six acres of space. It stands at 192 feet tall. The doors weigh 30 tons each and are 120 feet tall. Hangar "B" is one of two that were built on the site originally, Hangar "A" was destroyed by fire in 1992.[3][4]

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[edit] Collections

The museum features a collection of over 30 aircraft, this is a listing of some of the more notable:

Areo Spacelines Mini Guppy
Areo Spacelines Mini Guppy
Interior shot of Tillamook Air Museum
Interior shot of Tillamook Air Museum

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Larsen, Jeff Short Trips: Slice of history and a wedge of cheese Seattle-PI 2002-03-21 retrieved 2008-04-24
  2. ^ 10 great places to remember World War II USA Today 2004-06-04 retrieved 2008-04-24
  3. ^ Tillamook Air Museum: Building
  4. ^ U.S. Naval Air Station Dirigible Hangars

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Coordinates: 45°25′13″N 123°48′17″W / 45.420391, -123.804835

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