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Welcome to Save The Hangars - Home of our World War II Heroes
and Vietnam Era Veterans
Tustin Military History
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In 2013 we asked the Mayor of Tustin, John Nielsen, The Tustin Area Historical Society and The American Legion Post 227 to help host a tour of the South Hangar. Its purpose was to give people a chance to see inside the hangar but also to open it up for people who served there as military and support workers. As it turned out, it became more of a reunion than a tour. In some cases for older workers in the 1940's and 50's it was a farewell to past old friends. We even had one of the last living World War II blimp pilots there!
It was then we realized the need to save both hangers and not just the North Hangar that was being planned by the Navy. So after the tour we launched SaveTheHangars.com to help get the message out. The Navy still owned both hangars and they were working with the City of Tustin and the County of Orange to help transfer the ownership of the hangars.
So from 2013 to 2023 we waited for the time we could work together with the City in their efforts. Now, unfortunatly with a fire destroying the North Hangar, there is only one hangar left, the South Hangar, where we had our event. Therefore, in the future we will launch a website called SaveTheHangar.com and eventually if saved it will be called TustinHangar.com
We are currently (September 2024) in the process of establishing Tustin Military History as a non-profit company which will be fiscally sponsord by Tustin Community Foundation. Moving forward, our first mission is to Save the Control Tower located next to the site of the burned down North Hangar, as a museum; and next, a plan for the North Hangar site as a gateway area; and lastly and hopefully preserve the South Hangar. We will continue working with the City of Tustin, the U.S.Navy, the American Legion, the Tustin Area Historical Society and all who feel the way we do. Always remember...Once Destroyed It Is Gone Forever.
Pete Beatty, President
TustinMilitaryHistory.com
714 504-4088 or email |
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here for Video or on the image above - 25 minutes
Seventeen
stories high, over 1,000 feet long and 300 feet wide, the hangars
were, and still are, two of the
largest wooden structures ever built. Designing and building
the two structures in 1942, during wartime, on a
hyper-accelerated schedule and with a nearly all-wood design,
is what earned the hangars their 1993 listing
by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of the “Historic
Civil Engineering Landmarks” of the 20th Century
Named: Naval Air Station Santa Ana 1942 / Marine Corps Air Facility Santa Ana 1951 / Marine Corps Air Station Tustin 1979
Who ownes the Tustin Hangars? The Navy owns the hangar property. |
For information on how to help. Pete Beatty 714-504-4088 e-mail
Links:
Libraey of Congress Marine Corps Air Station Tustin (PHOTO, PRINT, DRAWING)
Visiting with Huell Howser
California's Gold Huts and Hangers – California’s Gold (602) -  (28:49 sec)
Visiting MCAS Tustin – Visiting (722) - (30:52 sec)
Visiting Tustin – Visiting (1509) - (27:58 sec)
KCAL NEWS
Efforts underway to "deconstruct" World War 2 blimp hangar in Tustin - Link
NAVY AVIATOR CDR. DON MORRIS USN RET. TELLS ABOUT HIS FLYING AIRSHIPS BACK IN 1954 TO 1957 AT LAKEHUST
Naval Airship Pilot" Part 1 -- Cdr. Don Morris' presentation- (9:46 sec)
Naval Airship Pilot" Part 2 -- Cdr. Don Morris' presentation - (9:34 sec)
Naval Airship Pilot" Part 3-- Cdr. Don Morris' presentation - (9:58 sec)
Rigid Airship Design - (8:24 sec)
Airship History Series Cold War - (1:04 sec)
Airship History Series: Airships Fight A Cold War [4/6] - (1:04 sec)
http://zrsthemovie.com/
Airship History Series Intro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKoreYCx_Mw
(Hindenburg)
Hindenburg Class Airship - Operation and Design
Hindenburg Disaster - Real Footage (1937) | British Pathé
The Complete Hindenburg Disaster Radio Broadcast (38 min.51 sec.)
Hindenburg Disaster A Moment In Radio History - Hindenburg Disaster (Enhanced Audio)
(Zeppelin)
Zeppelin's round-the-world flight in 1929
Cardington, Beds. "Zepp" Arrives - Giant Airship Joins R100 At Air Base (1930)
(USS Macon)
USS Macon Construction & First Flight (1) - USS Macon Construction & First Flight (2)
Giant Airship 'Macon' (1933)
U.S.S. Macon On Manoeuvres (1934)
USS Macon & Sparrowhawks
(USS Akron)
Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk Biplane On USS Akron (ZRS-4)
U.S. Navy Dirigible USS Akron Memorial Film After 1933 loss of Airship 59614
Tour of the US Navy airship ZPG 3W
WW2
Blimps Fly in Formation
WW2 "K" Type Blimp, Carrier Landing Operations, 02/24/1944 - 02/28/1944 (full) flight operations.
Us Navy Blimps On Training Exercise (1943)USS Macon Construction & First Flight (1)
Today
Aeros Corporation - Wikipedia
AirSign Thermal Blimp - Thermal Airships verses Helium Airships - Airsign.com (888) 645-3442
Visiting with Huell Howser | Tustin | Season 15 - PBS 2
2008 Hot Air Airship / Thermal Blimp / Luftshiff (No.1)
US Navy Blimp Arrival
(Hot Airship Championships)
8th FAI World Hot Air Airship Championship (Part 1)
8th FAI World Hot Air Airship Championship (Part 2)
2010 / 9th FAI World Hot Air Airship Championship (part 1)
2010 / 9th FAI World Hot Air Airship Championship (part 2)
We go for a ride in the only Zeppelin NT in the USA & talk to the CEO of Airship Ventures
As of November 14, 2012, Airship Ventures ceased
NEW TECHNOLOGY:
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Aerospace company in Torrance County, New Mexico
LAist 89.3 FM - Links re: Tustin air hangar
SoCal History: The Significance Of The Tustin Airfield Hangars
AirTalk audio segment: . AirTalk web write up
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Save the Hangar & Save the Control Tower Exploratory Group
Tustin, California
Committee:
Pete Beatty - President- Biography
Founder: Save The Hanagers & Save the Control Tower / U.S. Army Veteran / Vietnam era 714 504-4088 email
Brian Delahaut - Vice President/Membership - Biography / Military Resume
Co-Founder: Save The Hanagers founder & Save the Control Tower / Retired Marine Corps Colonel 
Richard Nelson - Chairman - Bio
Tustin Area Historical Society, 2024 President
Eric Higuchi - Government Affairs - Bio
Gretchen Whisler - Recording Secretary - Bio
Tustin Area Historical Society - Past President
Advisors:
Guy Ball - Tustin, CA Historian and Author
Steve Giddings - Post Commander / Tustin American Legion Post 227 / U.S. Army Veteran
Donna Marsh Peery - Tustin, CA - Tustin Area & Millitary Historian
Rudy Swigart - Retired U.S. Navy Lieutenant (Uniter States Naval Academy)
Tim Zierer - Tustin, CA - Tustin Millitary Historian
Former Marine Corps JAG officer (to be named)
Non profit Support:
Tustin Area Historical Society (primary)
Tustin American Legion Post 227
TAMWYC - Tustin Area Man and Woman of the Year
Add your group here!
VIP Support:
John Nielsen
to be named
Local Businesses Support:
Cox's Market Plaza
BLUE BUOY Family Swim School  
your company here!
ROLL CALL:
Add your name, rank and the year(s) you served your company 714-504-4088 e-mail (Subject ROLL CALL)
Link to ROLL CALL list |
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The MCAS Control Tower. |
The church is gone! |
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One of the goals of the Exploratory Committee is to save and preserve the MCAS Control Tower as a multi-use bulding (for a museum, local meetings, student tours etc.). |
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The church was torn down and the wood carted away.
During the Vietnam War, many Marines were married there only to have services there later on, remberering them after they were killed in action |
Timeline
October 1, 1942: Naval Air Station (NAS) Santa Ana commissioned
1949: Naval Air Station (NAS) Santa Ana decommissioned
1949-1951: Used as a civilian airfield, blimp storage, and air museum
May 1, 1951: Re-commissioned as Marine Corps Air Facility (MCAF) Santa Ana
September 1, 1969: Renamed Marine Corps Air Station (Helicopter) (MCAS(H)), Santa Ana
April 3, 1975: Hangars entered into the National Register as a historic district
April 23, 1976: Base annexed by City of Tustin
June 1, 1978: Renamed Marine Corps Air Station (Helicopter) (MCAS(H)), Tustin
1991: MCAS Tustin recommended for closure by Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC)
July 3, 1999: Closed in accordance with Base Realignment and Closure Act
OUR HISTORY: Honoring a Military Legacy |
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Preserve, Protect and Educate
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Overseas military operations - Website - About |
US States and Territories. - Website - About |
1926 – 1942 Website - About |
WW II - 1941–1947- Website - About |
USAF - 18 Sept 1947 Website - About |
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 Orange County Veteran Resources |
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LTA (Lighter Than Air) About |
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin (H) About |
WW II (SAAAB) - 1942–1946 About |
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Tustin American Legino Post 227 |
Tustin American Legino Post 227 History |
LTA (Lighter Than Air) About |
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin (H) |
Helicopter Air and Ground Control |
North Hangar - Welcoming Portal |
(South Hangar) |
Tustin Millitary History mission : 1st, 2nd and 3rd steps
Name change with city approval
https://qrcode.in.rs/en/index.php
For information on how to help. California HQ: Pete Beatty 714-504-4088 e-mail - e-mai |
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our Fallen and Celebrated Heroes |
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Please Help Us Remember The 28 Tustin Heroes Who Never Came Home
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SaveTheHangars.com
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