hangars
Planes sleep here
Hangars are large buildings for housing aircraft.
The word covers structures from small private airplane shelters to massive facilities for commercial jets or military planes.
The plane was towed into the hangar for maintenance.
Not to be confused with hangers, the devices for hanging clothes.
Airborne transportation vehicle
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- airportAviation passenger facility
- tarmacPaved airport surface
- runwayPaved path for planes
propeller · fuselage · mechanics · storage · shelter · doors · concrete · apron
Carbon-hardened iron alloy
- corrugatedFormed into parallel folds
- vaultedCurved overhead, or leaped
- spanDistance between endpoints
- girderMain structural support beam
truss · sliding · industrial · prefabricated · warehouse · clearance · ventilation · skylights
Itinerant exhibition pilot
- biplaneAircraft with two wing levels
- zeppelinRigid lighter-than-air craft
- airshipSteerable lighter-than-atmosphere craft
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
propeller · fabric · wooden · aviation · Lindbergh · wartime · restoration · vintage
Supporting bottom structure
- squadronMilitary aviation unit
- fighterOne who engages in combat
- bomberExplosive-delivery aircraft or saboteur
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
camouflage · sortie · airforce · deployment · reconnaissance · fortified · stealth · armament
aircraft
Airborne transportation vehicle
- maintenancePreserving working condition
- airportAviation passenger facility
- tarmacPaved airport surface
runway · propeller · fuselage · mechanics · storage · shelter · doors · concrete · apron · taxiway
steel
Carbon-hardened iron alloy
- corrugatedFormed into parallel folds
- vaultedCurved overhead, or leaped
- spanDistance between endpoints
girder · truss · sliding · industrial · prefabricated · warehouse · clearance · ventilation · skylights · roof
barnstormer
Itinerant exhibition pilot
- biplaneAircraft with two wing levels
- zeppelinRigid lighter-than-air craft
- airshipSteerable lighter-than-atmosphere craft
pioneer · propeller · fabric · wooden · aviation · Lindbergh · wartime · restoration · vintage · Spruce Goose
base
Supporting bottom structure
- squadronMilitary aviation unit
- fighterOne who engages in combat
- bomberExplosive-delivery aircraft or saboteur
bunker · camouflage · sortie · airforce · deployment · reconnaissance · fortified · stealth · armament · munitions
- airportsairports, airport, terminals, terminal building, runway
- Military Sitesforts, military bases, fortresses, naval stations, air force bases
- Air Basesrunways, flight line, tarmac, taxiways, taxiway
- Metal Buildingssteel structures, barns, garages, carports, storage sheds
- Military Airfieldsairfield, runway, runways, control tower, flight line
- WWI Aviationair combat, aerial combat, dogfights, fighter pilots, ace pilots
hangarsrunways
Paved aircraft paths
tarmacs · aprons · airstrips · taxiways · landing strips
hangarsrunways
Paved aircraft paths
taxiways · flight paths · airways · departure gates · air corridors
- aircraft hangarBuilding housing planes
- hangar bayEnclosed area for aircraft storage
- hangar doorsLarge aircraft building entrance