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Were The Hangars Used After World War II?

Hangar WorkshopsAfter the last LTA operations ceased at NAS Tillamook, the base continued to serve as a surplus storage depot. Spanning the years that followed, the hangars have participated in a variety of novel projects:

1947 Goodyear West Coast Blimp Tour
1949-1982 Lumber Planing Mills
1952-1953 USAF Balloon Testing
1958 Balloon Launching (Cosmic Ray Research)
1963 & 1979 Coast-To-Coast Launching Point
1981-1991 Cyclocrane Development
1984 Short Take-Off & Landing Experiments
1984-Present Various Blimp Developments
1989 Government Aerostat Testing
1990 Trans-World Balloon Testing
1992-Present Aircraft Museum (Hangar B)
1994 USAF Tethered Radar Balloon Testing

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