Old Zeppelin Hangers never die . . .

**clipper1801** · 05-23-2015 08:02

Can this be real?

Zeppelin hanger and turned out into a tropical island?

http://tropicalgetaway.viralthread.c...rcraft-hangar/

Now I know where to retire . . .

**Flying Helmut** · 05-23-2015 10:38

That looks amazing!

**Jager** · 05-23-2015 12:09

How the heck did a target that big near Berlin survive WW2???
Maybe we should suggest this to the Akron Chamber of Commerce for the Goodyear Air Dock

Karl

**Naharaht** · 05-23-2015 13:33

That is an example of German ingenuity.

**gully_raker** · 05-23-2015 16:57

Incredible! Bet its expensive but would like a few nights there.

**clipper1801** · 05-23-2015 18:22

We should rent it out for a massive Wings Tournament and get the Zeppelin company to sponsor it . . . imagine a floating game table, night missions over water . . . elves bringing us G & T from the hot air balloons . . . .

**Doug** · 05-23-2015 23:51

Well that one practical way to make use of an old Zepplin shed

**Dom S** · 05-24-2015 00:21

Ingenious indeed, but not strictly a Zeppelin shed. That's the CargoLifter hangar, only built in the 1990s iirc - possibly even post 2000. It was built as a factory for heavy-lift dirigibles, but the company went bust before producing more than a couple of prototypes. Pretty stunning though.

As for actual Zeppelin sheds, the only survivor I know of is a 1930s one in Brazil - as Jager diagnosed, any of the German ones surviving the allied bomber campaigns was unlikely.

**flash** · 05-24-2015 00:57

And if the tropics isn't your thing you can always ski in the desert .... indoors .. Ski Dubai !

**Archidamus** · 05-24-2015 01:42

Originally Posted by clipper1801

We should rent it out for a massive Wings Tournament and get the Zeppelin company to sponsor it . . . imagine a floating game table, night missions over water . . . elves bringing us G & T from the hot air balloons . . . .

...... a ready source of water to put out Kyte's flames (and mine - although not sure the water would help with my "boom" magnet

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**Jager** · 05-24-2015 02:16

Originally Posted by Archidamus

although not sure the water would help with my "boom" magnet

Sure it would; it makes the cleanup so much easier

Karl

**Archidamus** · 05-24-2015 09:32

Originally Posted by Jager

Sure it would; it makes the cleanup so much easier

I think that's a case of "behind every silver lining there's a cloud"

**matt56** · 05-24-2015 17:28

Just remember: if you retire here, David, you do NOT need to feel compelled to wear a Speedo when you take advantage of the bounteous waters at your disposal...