Tustin Blimp Hangar Roof Collapse

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.

Tustin blimp hangar roof collapse.

Small pieces of wood fell from the hangar. 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 section of the roof on the north tustin blimp hangar collapsed in 2013 sending debris down on an experimental helium filled airship being developed to ferry cargo. Department of the navy is sending a structural engineer to investigate the roof collapse and assess the hangar s integrity which was red tagged after the accident.

Orange county fire officials said there s a giant hole in the roof of one of the huge concrete hangars. In october 2013 part of the roof collapsed damaging the airship prototype. See the collapsed roof. Now held up by a tower on either side.

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. 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. Sam gangwer orange county register. Chief pilot mark robinson flying over the site in a helicopter.

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. 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. A technician works on the. One of the hangars is currently open and rented out for events.