[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, PRESERVATION: "Google takes over aging Moffett Field [CA] and its airship hangars"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[Google is obligated to seek permits and approvals to re-skin Hangar One. Once those go through, it will have two years to complete re-skinning. - LS]

Google takes over aging Moffett Field and its airship hangars

By Matt O'Brien
San Jose Mercury News (CA)

April 1, 2015

MOUNTAIN VIEW -- Built for an age when 800-foot-long flying aircraft carriers were the cutting edge of aviation, the colossal hangars of the Moffett Federal Airfield are about to become roosts for Silicon Valley's latest ideas.

Google on Wednesday formally takes over the 1,000-acre site with plans to repurpose its three airship hangars as laboratories for developing robots, rovers, drones, Internet-carrying balloons and other cutting-edge technology. The company will also manage the airfield's two runways and upgrade an old military golf course for public use.

The restoration could not come soon enough for admirers of the landmark structures.

"It's pretty awe-inspiring to walk inside the hangars and see the woodwork," said Col. Gregory Jones, commander of the California Air National Guard's 129th Rescue Wing, which will continue to operate its own corner of the airfield when Google takes over. "They're an engineering marvel."


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For the entire article, see
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_27823009/google-takes-over-aging-moffett-field-and-its

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