Tustin Blimp Hangar Roof Collapse

A hangar roof collapsed monday morning in tustin damaging a 35 million experimental airship.

Tustin blimp hangar roof collapse.

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. Now held up by a tower on either side. Aerial view of the tustin blimp hangars in tustin california. 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.

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. The former marine corps air station mcas is now a planned community called tustin legacy adjacent to the district shopping center. Chief pilot mark robinson flying over the site in a helicopter. In october 2013 part of the roof collapsed damaging the airship prototype.

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. Orange county fire officials said there s a giant hole in the roof of one of the huge concrete hangars. 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.

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. 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. See the collapsed roof. One of the hangars is currently open and rented out for events.