Re: [OM] The Zepplin is Coming!

[Donald]

John Hudson wrote:
> During our annuals trips to the Oregon coast in the 1990s we visited  an 
> enormous  Zeppelin hanger somewhere near Tillamook on Highway 101. Seems 
> that the US military used one or more of these things over the coast in WW2 
> ............. dropping grenades on intruding submarines perhaps ! In terms 
> of size, the hanger would have accomodated several large football stadiums 
> end to end and side to side. I recall that the building had been turned into 
> something like an Indy car racing circuit.
> 
> jh
> 

I think you're talking about the Tillamook Air Museum, which is supposed 
to be the biggest wooden structure in the world. Certainly is big.

D.




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