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OC Heritage - Blimp Hanger at Former Tustin US Marine Corps Air Station - Nixon Was Near / Final Day
One of the largest wood buildings in the world - 1000 feet long, 296 feet wide, and 170 feet high. Used during World War II to house anti-submarine blimps patroling the nearby Pacific Ocean, just over the ridge at back. On one of two large military bases recently closed to relieve the so-called "housing shortage". Redevelopment as "Tustin Legacy", a major housing/commercial project, was then abruptly halted in 2010 due to the so-called "housing glut".
This is where Richard Nixon landed after resigning the Presidency in 1974. The plane left Washington DC as "Airforce One" but landed in California under its hull number, with a log entry noting the change made at the moment Gerald Ford was sworn in. (according to a verbal statement by the pilot at the opening of the Pat Nixon Centennial Exhibit)
Added May 2013: returned here by auto after 8 years. The hanger is still standing. Not possible to stop (legally) on Edinger, but the redevelopment has resumed and some new streets have been cut into the base. At least for now can get close to one of the hangers.
OC Heritage - Blimp Hanger at Former Tustin US Marine Corps Air Station - Nixon Was Near / Final Day
One of the largest wood buildings in the world - 1000 feet long, 296 feet wide, and 170 feet high. Used during World War II to house anti-submarine blimps patroling the nearby Pacific Ocean, just over the ridge at back. On one of two large military bases recently closed to relieve the so-called "housing shortage". Redevelopment as "Tustin Legacy", a major housing/commercial project, was then abruptly halted in 2010 due to the so-called "housing glut".
This is where Richard Nixon landed after resigning the Presidency in 1974. The plane left Washington DC as "Airforce One" but landed in California under its hull number, with a log entry noting the change made at the moment Gerald Ford was sworn in. (according to a verbal statement by the pilot at the opening of the Pat Nixon Centennial Exhibit)
Added May 2013: returned here by auto after 8 years. The hanger is still standing. Not possible to stop (legally) on Edinger, but the redevelopment has resumed and some new streets have been cut into the base. At least for now can get close to one of the hangers.