A hangar roof collapsed monday morning in tustin damaging a 35 million experimental airship.
Tustin blimp hangar roof collapse.
A bird of prey soars near the southern hangar.
A section of the roof on the north tustin blimp hangar collapsed in 2013 sending debris down on an experimental helium filled airship being developed to ferry cargo.
The roof of one of the 17 story structures collapsed last week damaging an experimental airship and raising new questions about the future of the historic buildings that stand as reminders of a long ago era.
A technician works on the.
Small pieces of wood fell from the hangar.
Sam gangwer orange county register.
A once proud blimp hangar still awe inspiring from a distance today languishes idle and abandoned.
Orange county supervisor todd spitzer said monday s partial roof collapse of an enormous world war ii era blimp hangar is the second incident in a week.
Navy has finished stabilizing the northern hangar at the former tustin marine base following a partial roof collapse in october 2013.
Damaged during a windstorm six years ago the tustin icon has become an orphaned albatross.
In october 2013 part of the roof collapsed damaging the airship prototype.