Tillamook Oregon Air Museum - Blimp Hanger

[@rogerleckington3908]

It’s a wood building.Still the largest free span wood structure, last I looked. My Dad worked in the mill that was in here ,in the forty’s Fifty’s. It was a big mill , but inside this building it was tiny. The plywood part would create its own rain clouds . Dryer tenders had to wear rain gear or get soaked . Elk an deer wondered in and out when the doors were open. It was magnificent when you’re four years old . Still is . Long story short , there used to be two , stupidity ,,, saw one burn to ashes an Memories.

[@michaelmallory6016]

Hi Russ - We visited the museum in June of 2021. It is worth going back again. They have added so much more than what you videoed two years ago. Even in the airplane display. I don’t think there was an empty space in that room. Oh the history…. I agree, it is a great place to take the kids. You should see the display of fire trucks and engines now. You won’t be disappointed.

[@johnhines3591]

Russ, That's not steel, all wood beams !!!!! It's the biggest wood free span structure...

[@judyabernathy80]

Amazing building and aircraft! I worked for General Dynamics (Lockheed now) in Fort Worth in the late 80’s. The structure inside is huge and very long. To see those F16’s lined up on the assembly line was something I’ll never forget! Thanks, Russ!! 😘

[@mattdawg83686]

My family and I were just there earlier this week. The building is absolutely gigantic, and they filmed the mothership landing sequence for Close Encounters of the Third Kind in a similar hanger in Mobile Alabama. To see one in person was a treat, and to be able to walk up and touch the aircraft was worth the admission price alone!

[@robatsea2009]

Cool tour! I visited the Tillamook Creamery back in the 1970s...their ice cream, yogurt, cheese etc are all great.

[@christinamarie3598]

LOVE Air museums! Incredible the technology and growth...and what has been achieved in really such a short period of time span vs really how old humanity is....crazy crazy mind boggling!

[@davidweston6653]

The blimps stationed there were used to patrol the coast for Japanese subs.

[@j-marie4006]

My dad was in the Navy in WW2 and then was an aeronautical engineer so he would've loved that place.

[@richardbohlingsr3490]

Neat museum to see. Love those old aircraft. I have two grand children joining the Air Force ROTC program.

[@johnbouwens2024]

Yeah hoo that's our stomping grounds we live close by and we have gone there many times ,,, hope you got to go to evergreen air and space museum in mc minvill OR it was only two hours away , got the spruce goose there ,,, anyway nice post love it ,,, oh yeah that hanger is the largest wood structure this side of the Mississippi River ,,, so they say

[@sandman9043]

You really need to go to mcminnville evergreen air Museum

[@nj5wrick156]

We visited there a couple of years ago now. Loved the museum and all the planes. We also stayed the the Elks Park there, best Elk RV Park we have stayed in with full hookups. The Tillamook Cheese and ice cream place in town was great also. I think we had ice cream for lunch!! LOL

[@martyrose]

Hi Russ! I don't know about you, but I don't think a blimp would be my first choice for transportation in a war zone! Really cool building. I'll bet the whole town can hear those doors opening. Thanks! That was fun! What a great summer! Stay safe! ✈️

[@shinynblue]

that was so cool, I bet it looks cooler in person!

[@tazmod7272]

Hi Russ, thanks for the video on the air museum. The last time I was there it wasn’t that fancy. You walked thru the giant sliding doors. At that time they had a WWII carrier fighter plane my dad flew. There is an air museum in Madras, Oregon.

[@56chevy11]

Driven by there quite a few times but never stopped...Thanks for the tour.

[@LisaMarli]

There are 2 blimp buildings like that at Moffett Field, here in the San Francisco Bay Area. We used to have an even bigger blimp building, but it's skin was coated in asbestos, so all that is left is the skeleton. One forgets how big they are until Air Force One (a 737) is parked next to it, and the airplane looks tiny.

[@MaxZomboni]

LisaMarli Supposedly Moffett Field's Hangar One will be restored by 2025. If you believe Google who is in charge of it.

[@LisaMarli]

@@MaxZomboni I'll believe it when I see it. That's still 6 years away.

[@BlazingLaser]

If they didn't plan on restoring it, they would have just torn it down. They're raising private money to do it, so it might take a while.

[@dwightfansince93]

Makes the Big Tent in Quartzsite look tiny

[@jakegier4080]

Great video as always Russ. We visited the air museum 22 years ago. There used to be three of the blimp hangers. They lost two of them in a massive fire longtime ago. They were storing hay in the two that are gone. Spontaneous combustion started the fire. When you were mentioning about the honey comb look. All of those hangers were constructed from wood beams during WWII. I think there was a video in the theater describing how the men built it all by hand. They broke some amazing construction records putting those buildings up.

[@JRGTEXUS]

Noticed a lot of water on the floor of the hanger, imagine trying to fix a roof leak on this building! The Houston Astrodome was plagued with this problem.

[@MikeHenry3280]

i work for a roofing company in mcminnville oregon and i wonder someday if we will have to re do that roof hahaha,

[@chrisr6157]

Hi Russ! Very cool building! Those doors were impressive! Thanks for sharing!

[@susanstrickland6774]

Really neat museum. Lots of history sitting there. Thanks for taking us along. 😊👍

[@anthonysiler4938]

You left out the fabric of the hindenburg that was on display in one of the showing cases.. I really hope that place sticks around for years to come..

[@JHGwjesusLuv]

Hi,If you ever want to see a blimp Hanger with the doors open if your ever in Orange county city of Tustin has two hangers and one of them always has at least one set of doors open .The only difference is they are made out of wood inside but the doors are cement, they look exactly the same as the one you went to.

[@suzyburke]

Loved the air museum!

[@gumshoe5365]

Fantastic

[@ftkinsella]

Love a good aircraft museum. Cheers!!!

[@LorisRVLife]

Morning Russ, I was in Tillamook some years back, what a beautiful place! Thanks for sharing, Lo :)

[@joe-ng3ky]

Good video also right Pat has got an Air Force Museum that is really nice it’s free and it takes two days to go through it

[@Resounded]

Hi Russ ! Cool Video … I think you will have more fun at the dairy and, Ice cream facility... Eating Ice Cream and Cheese... But, Yes.. That Building was impressive ! Today is a cool 103 degrees and 35 mph winds.. The Blow Dryer Effect ! Lovely.. I see the current temp in Tillamook is 61. Sure looking forward to the High Sierra's in a few weeks to get us in cool weather.. Stay healthy and happy.. Talk soon

[@BigDukeX]

Very nice static display of vintage aircraft especially for such a small town, impressive indeed.

[@keepamericayisraelgreat5708]

This camera is high quality as well....Thanks

[@davidmurling4252]

Akron, Ohio has a huge hangar similar to that. Owned by Goodyear. My grandfather used to work there and I remember him saying that there had been so much testing done in there and the building was so huge that it had developed its own climate atmosphere inside. He said there where times it would actually snow or rain inside the building.

[@PatriciaSanchez-ds3wd]

This is true, I visited the Akron Hanger many times growing up, an on more than one occasion I seen clouds in the rafters......just amazing....

[@MaxZomboni]

Amazing building. I'm pretty sure it was WW2. There wasn't much development in the Oregon Coast during WW1, except along the water.

[@herbertswain3089]

Have you been to the ones in Tustin Calif there's two there

[@AngelaRPierce]

How do you get such smooth video from your vehicle? What camera are you using?

[@mountainfinn662]

I think they had two of those buildings during the war.

[@terrybellowes908]

I live about two miles from the museum. Local restaurants have a photo of a plane flying through the hanger as a planned stunt.

[@MikeHenry3280]

couple things.. if not already mentioned.........there was a 2nd one of these and it burned down u can still see parts of it outside its behind this maybe couple hundred yards.. ill see if i can find the video on it... and the 2nd part, just inside the big door if u look up there is a basketball hoop waayyyy up just above the opening, i mean it was there 20 yrs ago when i went there, may not be there now, i thought it was funny they had a hoop way up there lol.

[@jeffb8561]

Yep hoops are still there! One at each end!

[@johnlovero]

? Hey Rus, does the Elks have the greatest number of available campsites & which other fraternal organization would you recommend?

[@johnbouwens2024]

They make real good hamburgers in the cafe therr

[@oddopops1327]

👋😊

[@marlinmorgan8942]

i want to go there

[@c.valencia2297]

tustin ca se a quemado uno😢

[@victormanz9451]

Hey Russ, Just Perfect, V MAN

[@philrulon]

I’ve been and seen this outfit. I doubt that any thing I could say would prepare someone new for the scale of the place. There are 6 sliding doors on each end, all over a hundred feet high and weighing 60 tons a piece. It’s over a quarter of a mile long. This building could swallow the Queen Mary.

[@hillbillyhills7224]

4 mins of driving skip forward

[@trescocos]

"ww1 or ww2" ?!! jeez.. please don't vote