Tustin Blimp Hangar Roof Collapse

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.

Tustin blimp hangar roof collapse.

Small pieces of wood fell from the hangar. Orange county fire officials said there s a giant hole in the roof of one of the huge concrete hangars. Sam gangwer orange county register. Navy has finished stabilizing the northern hangar at the former tustin marine base following a partial roof collapse in october 2013.

Damaged during a windstorm six years ago the tustin icon has become an orphaned albatross. The aeroscraft helium filled zeppelin rests in the very back of the blimp hangar in tustin after a 25 foot by 25 foot section of the roof of the hangar collapsed this morning damaging the craft. The roof of one of the 17 story structures collapsed last week damaging an experimental airship and raising new questions about the future of the historic buildings that stand as reminders of a long ago era. A bird of prey soars near the southern hangar.

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. A hangar roof collapsed monday morning in tustin damaging a 35 million experimental airship. A once proud blimp hangar still awe inspiring from a distance today languishes idle and abandoned.