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hangar
Sign in to saveAlso known as aircraft hangar, aircraft hanger, airplane hangar
thumb|A cutaway diagram of a hangar thumb|A Royal Air Force station hangar A hangar is a building or structure designed to hold aircraft or spacecraft. Hangars are built of metal, wood, or concrete. The word hangar comes from Middle French hanghart ("enclosure near a house"), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *haimgard ("home-enclosure", "fence around a group of houses"), from *haim ("home, village, hamlet") and gard ("yard"). The term, gard, comes from the Old Norse garðr ("enclosure, garden").
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- History
- Construction
- Steel construction
- Wood construction
- Fabric construction
- Structures and sizes
- Regulation
- Examples
- Airship hangars
- Hangars aboard ships
- Hangar homes
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|A cutaway diagram of a hangar thumb|A Royal Air Force station hangar A hangar is a building or structure designed to hold aircraft or spacecraft. Hangars are built of metal, wood, or concrete. The word hangar comes from Middle French hanghart ("enclosure near a house"), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *haimgard ("home-enclosure", "fence around a group of houses"), from *haim ("home, village, hamlet") and gard ("yard"). The term, gard, comes from the Old Norse garðr ("enclosure, garden").
Hangars are used for protection from the weather, direct sunlight and for maintenance, repair, manufacture, assembly and storage of aircraft.
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