2012 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:38:17 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PRESERVATION: Hangar 9 at Brooks City-Base (TX)
 
'Grand design' revealed for 1918 hangar
Plan would restore historic WWI building.

By Scott Huddleston
San Antonio Express-News  (TX)
April 10, 2012

Brooks City-Base officials unveiled a plan Monday to restore a rare wooden World War I aircraft hangar as the centerpiece of a memorial plaza honoring pioneers of military aviation and space travel.

Rudy Purificato, a longtime military historian who is producing a public television documentary series on Brooks to air this year, called the plan a “grand design” for the historic Hangar 9 and adjacent Sidney Brooks Memorial, where the base's namesake is buried.

“It's a wonderful design and concept for one of the unique historical sites in the United States,” said Purificato, who has collected stories and interviews from the base's long, colorful past.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/military/article/Grand-design- revealed-for-1918-hangar-3469670.php#photo-2798274

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