Originally Posted by
Packrat
Its not a Blimp hangar though that what it was used for. It was originally built as a dirigible hangar. A significant difference.
These days Hangar One has been stripped of its asbestos skin and is used for Silicon Valley mega-events (amongst other things). It’s a real joy when the FB crowd throws a party complete with laser light show pointing up and out to the east, lighting up the skeleton of the hangar and shining right into the field of view of aircraft coming in on the SERFR arrival. It’s visible from over 100 miles away, and yes, NorCal knows about it.
My dad told me when he was a kid they used to have their regional rubber band powered balsa wood airplane competitions there because of its huge volume of completely still air.