Broken Slinky wrote:Been to the Boeing factory. That place is ridiculously large. I forget the states exactly but we spent a good 8 hours in there and guaranteed we missed stuff.

8 hours? How did you manage that? I think the standard tour is 90 minutes long.

I visited the Spruce Goose Dome in Long Beach in the late 1980s, before the Spruce Goose itself was moved to Oregon. The guided tour took us around the perimeter of the hangar, where we got a chance to view historical artifacts, films, and lots of background information on the airplane. Then they w...

I ran across this page about the Worlds 7 Largest Aircraft Hangars the other day and thought it was interesting. Granted, most of the biggest hangars were for airships (blimps) but the hangar for the Spruce Goose is listed there too.

It has been my experience over the years that your neighbors are more important than the style of T hangar. I have seen hangars that were well built and safe and I have seen hangars that were a disaster. Factory built hangar doors are the best way to go. Many, many bifold doors that are "Home made"...

Probably the optimal hangar door design for me would be a bifold door. But there are others that I should look into. Side-by-side doors. Bottom rolling doors. Vertical lift.

After doing a bit more research, it looks like one of the biggest reasons to go with the nested T-hangar is the reduction of building materials and needed taxiway. I still haven't run across any interior dimensions to compare, though.

I'm wondering if anyone has any practical experience with these two styles of hangar. I found some good graphics showing airplane hangars here. As far as I can tell, the T-Hangar and nested T-Hangar are identical as far as interior dimensions. I'm wondering if this is really the case.

It's all fun and games while fuel prices are low. People's mindset's change a bit when prices go back up to normal.

There's always a young newbie who's willing to work for next to nothing to get his foot in the door.

A career change is a scary prospect. Best of luck to you!