Tustin Blimp Hangar Roof Collapse

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.

Tustin blimp hangar roof collapse.

The aeroscraft helium filled zeppelin rests in the very back of the blimp hangar in tustin after a 25 foot by 25 foot section of the roof of the hangar collapsed this morning damaging the craft. In october 2013 part of the roof collapsed damaging the airship prototype. 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. Damaged during a windstorm six years ago the tustin icon has become an orphaned albatross.

Navy has finished stabilizing the northern hangar at the former tustin marine base following a partial roof collapse in october 2013. Orange county fire officials said there s a giant hole in the roof of one of the huge concrete hangars. A once proud blimp hangar still awe inspiring from a distance today languishes idle and abandoned. A technician works on the.

A hangar roof collapsed monday morning in tustin damaging a 35 million experimental airship. Sam gangwer orange county register. A bird of prey soars near the southern hangar.