The use was for Naval air ships. Planes to come, but gas filled ships
that were like the Hindenburg - One crashed in Monterey Bay (forget the name)
and at that time closed the gas filled air ships for the Navy off shore patrol.

I want to say USS Morgan or such. I think they were the second or third and
last. The large hangers used to have them within.

In the past, Goodyear blimp stayed a stormy night within.

With the military driven out of California - northern area anyway the base
went to NASA. It is a historical site.

The Ames Lab is the wind tunnel.

Sub chasers still fly out of there as I recall and the NASA blackbird as well.

Martin

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Jon Anderson wrote:
wrote:

Well, it used to be Moffett Field for the Navy.

Yes, located at Moffett Field, but I was certain it was called something
else initially, and according to Wikipedia it was, Ames Aeronautical
Laboratory was the original name.

As a side note, my grandfather worked at Moffett for the Navy as a
civilian during WWII. Wish Hanger 1 was in the picture...


Jon


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