Hangar One for kids
The Giant Airship Garage. A true story near Mountain View, CA, told for kids 6-8.
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Look out the window! See that gigantic curved building, like a huge metal tunnel lying on its side? That's Hangar One! It was built as a garage for giant flying balloons called airships.
One airship that lived here was named the USS Macon. The floor inside is so big that six football fields could fit on it, side by side! Imagine parking your car in there. You would need a map to find it again!
People still call this one of the biggest buildings in the world with nothing holding up its roof inside. Now look closely. Can you see how the walls curve like a giant's tunnel? Hold your arms up high and make a big curve, just like the hangar!
Quiz the back seat
What was Hangar One built to be a garage for?
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Giant airships. Giant airships! Big flying balloons, parked indoors like toys in a toy box.
3 fun facts
- Hangar One covers 8 acres at Moffett Field.
- It was built in the 1930s as a naval airship hangar for USS Macon.
- Its floor can hold six football fields.
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