El Toro Marine Corps Air Station Blimp Hangers
by Linda Brody
Title
El Toro Marine Corps Air Station Blimp Hangers
Artist
Linda Brody
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This View is from an unincorporated area of the County of Orange... a hilly area next to Tustin, California. Looking south, I zoomed in on the background to the Blimp Hangers designated as Historic Landmarks from the now closed El Toro Marine Corps Air Station (now known as The District shopping Center and The Great Park). Behind the hangers towers from the City of Newport's Fashion Island shopping and business area can be seen. This photo was taken on a hazy day in the late afternoon.
Marine Corps Air Station El Toro was a United States Marine Corps Air Station located near Irvine, California. Before it was decommissioned in 1999, it was the 4,682 acres home of Marine Corps aviation on the West Coast. Designated as a Master Jet Station, its four runways could handle the largest aircraft in the U.S. military inventory. While it was active, all U.S. Presidents in the post-World War II era landed in Air Force One at this airfield. The El Toro "Flying Bull" patch was designed by Walt Disney Studios in 1944. It survived virtually unchanged until the close of the Air Station.
The Blimp Hangers each measure 1,072 feet (327 m) long by 292 feet (89 m) wide by 192 feet (59 m) tall. The two structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated National Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks. Built in 1942 of Oregon Douglas fir, these structures are among the largest freestanding wooden structures in the world.
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April 30th, 2015
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