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Hangars and Shelters.

 A unique range of buildings has been constructed to support balloon and airship operations.   In the case of rigid airships, the construction hangar effectively limited the maximum size of airship which could be constructed.  Wind has always been a major consideration for LTA flight, and some interesting shelters have been made to extend balloon operations. I have only been able to trace images of a few...     

  A Balloon just showing above the top of a purpose-built shelter. Coney Island. Taken from outside the shelter
View of balloon taken from within the Coney Island shelter.
KeystoneV19325 'Tractor Drawn Artillery of 89th Div. Before Largest Hangar in Germany'

The hangar was near Bitung, and was a Zeppelin base in the first world war.

The Goodyear-Zeppelin hangar at Akron, Ohio. (completed November 25, 1929)
   
   
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