Hangar facts for kids

Diagram of a hangar

A hangar is a closed structure made to hold an aircraft while it is on the ground. It is like a garage but for aircraft instead of cars. A hanger is most often metal, but may be made of other things like wood and concrete. It protects the aircraft from weather and sun damage.

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An outside view of a hangar in a military RAF base
The Wright Flyer outside the aircraft's makeshift hangar
Carl Richard Nyberg's hangar for his Flugan (fly) from 1908, Täcka udden in Lidingö, Sweden
Six helium-filled blimps stored in one of the two hangars at the former US Marine Corps Air Station Tustin
The helicopter hangar of an Akizuki-class destroyer.
Hangars can hold fixed-wing aircraft, rotary-wing aircraft (helicopters), and lighter-than-air ships.
Hangar No. 2 at the former Marine Corps Air Station Tustin is 1,072 ft (327 m) long, 292 ft (89 m) wide and 192 ft (59 m) tall.
An Airbus A319 undergoing maintenance in a hangar.
Hangars for seaplanes of the Imperial Russian Air Force in Tallinn harbor - some of the first reinforced concrete structures
A General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon in front of a Hardened Aircraft Shelter, a special type of hangar
Helicopter hangar of the German research vessel Polarstern
A medium-sized aircraft hangar at Kemble Airport, England
Hangar of Iberia Airlines (XXL-150m span) Barcelona Airport, Spain
Round concrete hangars at Grimbergen Airfield, Belgium.
Private Hangar on a farm in Namibia (2017)

Hangar facts for kids

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