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The first airmail planes landed in Reno on September 9, 1920 before the hangar was started and soon after the field was leveled. The pilot was Stanhope S. Boggs, he landed at 12:50 o'clock and flew in from the east. The hangar was formally dedicated April 18, 1921. The hangar built at the Reno Air Mail Station marks a new and radical departure in hangar construction. It is built entirely of corrugated asbestos and corrugated wire glass with a frame of steel. The building is 105 feet by 105 feet overall, with a clear vertical head room of eighteen feet. The door is 100 feet long and twenty-one feet high and is hung on pivots at the top of the door jamb and swings outward in opening. It is counterbalanced by a concrete counterweight weighing 37,500 pounds. This door can be opened in 20 seconds. Joseph Baermann Strauss designed the hanger.Light for the hangar was furnished by wire glass, four courses of which traversed the roof, while a course was placed on each side wall. The hangar was dismantled on August 15, 1935 to make way for Reno's new expansive golf course. It was stored at the United Airlines field in a pile of pieces. It is unknown if it was ever used again or what happened to it. Many people tried to buy or lease it over the years. If you know what happened to it please let us know. |
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Transcontinental Airway
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Joseph Baermann Strauss (January 9, 1870 – May 16, 1938)
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