Donald .......... have you been there?
jh
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From: "Donald" <d1956m198d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] The Zepplin is Coming!
> John Hudson wrote:
>> During our annuals trips to the Oregon coast in the 1990s we visited an
>> enormous Zeppelin hanger somewhere near Tillamook on Highway 101. Seems
>> that the US military used one or more of these things over the coast in
>> WW2
>> ............. dropping grenades on intruding submarines perhaps ! In
>> terms
>> of size, the hanger would have accomodated several large football
>> stadiums
>> end to end and side to side. I recall that the building had been turned
>> into
>> something like an Indy car racing circuit.
>>
>> jh
>>
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> I think you're talking about the Tillamook Air Museum, which is supposed
> to be the biggest wooden structure in the world. Certainly is big.
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