Ultimate Airplane Hangar

[Jetrench]

I live in a trailer in the back of my airplane hangar now and am building an apartment and air conditioned shop which will hopefully be finished in the next year or so. I will start a thread when I get further along on it. In the mean time a friend of mine gave me a tour of a hangar that is what I consider to be the Ultimate Airplane Hangar. I took some video of the hangar and view it often for inspiration and motivation for finishing mine. Here you go.
This is the hangar.

And this is the office/apartment.

 

[930dreamer]

Nice place you have, and a Bad *** Fan.

 

[RearWing]

That is sa-weet!

As a professional pilot and one that is refurbishing his little 2-car garage, this makes me want to roll up my sleeves this afternoon and work 'til the wee small hours.

 

[gtcs1]

I live in a trailer in the back of my airplane hangar now and am building an apartment and air conditioned shop which will hopefully be finished in the next year or so. I will start a thread when I get further along on it. In the mean time a friend of mine gave me a tour of a hangar that is what I consider to be the Ultimate Airplane Hangar. I took some video of the hangar and view it often for inspiration and motivation for finishing mine. Here you go.
This is the hangar.

And this is the office/apartment.

Hi,

Wow!!!

I have an A/C door about the same size as the one you have in your living room with a glass top. I was wondering how to turn it into a table. If ever you've got spare time to take few pictures of it and post it, I would appreciate.

Thanks

 

[Jetrench]

This is not my hangar but the furniture you see in the hangar and apartment that is made from aircraft parts I'm told was purchased from Moto Art.
http://www.motoart.com/

 

[mws444]

Wow! This one ranks up there as one of my favorites of all time! Your friend did an amazing job putting all of this together. What state is it in?
Thanks for sharing!

 

[JCQuick]

very cool some big$$$$$$ there for sure

 

[PrecisionTools]

Nice...that is freaking awesome! The glass-top tables are so cool...

Someone is living their dream...

 

[Stuntmonkey]

Holy ****.

That apartment is gorgeous and that hanger is AMAZING.

 

[Stuart in MN]

Do I see TWO P-51s in the hangar?

 

[PrecisionTools]

I see a P40 a P51 and a Zero...un freaking believable!

 

[TAMPAGT07]

Suddenly, my Mustang (Nope, not a P51) and my two Caddy's in my garage seem again very insignificant..Nice hanger, and planes for sure..

 

[BJ42LX]

What airport? I'd like to have a look from Google Earth...

 

[Red Leader]

Whoa. Them's some old warbirds!

Please tell us the story on those planes.

I'm not schooled on aircraft history as much as I want to be, but I do know that some of those old WWII fighter aircraft are so rare that archeological teams will go into the jungle to dig up crashed remnants to scavenge parts for planes that are needing restored.

I remember hearing a story about a memorial/decoration that was set up on an island in WWII where an airstrip was that consisted of an F4 Wildcat front end (propeller, cowling, and maybe even the engine) and the cowling was later grabbed by historians doing a restoration on one.

-Dave

 

[Red Leader]

Also, you may be interested in checking out Shaun's airplane hangar build as well:

http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=110364

Birds of a feather, ya know?

 

[Beaumont67]

Incredible...neat bar & the kitchen table made out of a wing.

 

[R7237]

Awesome!!! Love how every little detail is thought through. Definately not a working space.... Or at least not the work I know. with cost being no object, I am suprised by the floor choice in the main hangar.

 

[hidollartoys]

Nice place you have, and a Bad *** Fan.

"Big *** Fan"

 

[Jetrench]

Hangar is at Ellington Field in Houston, Tx. For more info on the airplanes here is the website.
http://www.flyingfreedom.us/

 

[SSCR]

Brilliant! A home and a museum, very cool. Everything fits together perfect, makes me want to burn my garage and home down and start over, thanks for sharing.

 

[Hottrod]

Just spectacular! Any idea what material he used on the pool deck?

 

[BJ42LX]

Any idea what material he used on the pool deck?

I'm pretty sure it's shredded $100 bills in an epoxy binder...

 

[phantomrider]

Whoa. Them's some old warbirds!

Please tell us the story on those planes.

I'm not schooled on aircraft history as much as I want to be, but I do know that some of those old WWII fighter aircraft are so rare that archeological teams will go into the jungle to dig up crashed remnants to scavenge parts for planes that are needing restored.

I remember hearing a story about a memorial/decoration that was set up on an island in WWII where an airstrip was that consisted of an F4 Wildcat front end (propeller, cowling, and maybe even the engine) and the cowling was later grabbed by historians doing a restoration on one.

-Dave

A nice P-51 goes for $1.8-2 mil. The TF version is another $200k. The airplane I think you're referring is a P-38 Lightening referred to as "Glacier Girl". They're much rarer and demand much greater premiums.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_Girl

 

[Bluenoser]

I thought I had a photo of Glacier Girl next to my Mustang, but am unable to find it. I do have several with P51's though.
https://sphotos-b.**.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/383861_4663377154422_1534384831_n.jpg

 

[Sunbimmer]

One of the nicest homes I have ever seen .
As said before ....someone is living their dream !!