[andytk58]

Evening,

Quite some time ago I'm sure I saw a small article in the LAA mag (or it might have been Flyer) about a single aircraft hangar/cover that for all the world looked like a giant folding clamshell.

Did I dream this?? Googling throws up nothing.

I've checked my back copies of the LAA mag and couldn't see anything.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about and have any info.

Andy

[Pdflyer86]

These? http://hydroswing-hydraulic-doors.co.uk ... aulic-door

[HedgeSparrow]

Or this? http://flymicro.com/bubblebarn/

Edit. The web site looks rather old, but at least it shows you weren't hallucinating.

[JodelDavo]

You’re not dreaming.

It was probably ‘The Maraldi Hangar’ and was in an old copy of Popular Flying. I’ve got a copy somewhere.

[Bill McCarthy]

The MOD needed a storage facility in a rush. Concrete foundations were laid and when cured, lorries arrived with folding sectioned bays, roofs on. The 100ft x 100ft building went up in an afternoon. Made in England, all galvanised.

[Lockhaven]

Or this? http://flymicro.com/bubblebarn/

Edit. The web site looks rather old, but at least it shows you weren't hallucinating.

I think there are few those erected on the north side of Geneva airport for GA aircraft.

[Ian Melville]

You’re not dreaming.

It was probably ‘The Maraldi Hangar’ and was in an old copy of Popular Flying. I’ve got a copy somewhere.

September-October 1988 Popular flying. Looks like a six sided yurt

[andytk58]

You’re not dreaming.

It was probably ‘The Maraldi Hangar’ and was in an old copy of Popular Flying. I’ve got a copy somewhere.

September-October 1988 Popular flying. Looks like a six sided yurt

Couldn't have been that, my collection of LAA magazines only goes back about 11 years.....

[andytk58]

Or this? http://flymicro.com/bubblebarn/

Edit. The web site looks rather old, but at least it shows you weren't hallucinating.

YES! its this thing. I didn't dream it. Thank you.

Andy

[CloudHound]

Wonder what planning aspects there are to putting one at a strip?

[Groundspeed]

The first of those that I saw was at Redhill in the late ninetys. Later I noticed another at Plaistows Farm strip.
Rather neat, a handy looking bit of kit I thought. I have no idea if they are still about as it's a few years since i have been to either airfield.

[JodelDavo]

Wonder what planning aspects there are to putting one at a strip?

I stand to be corrected but if it’s ‘portable’ it doesn’t require PP.