Save Hangar One Committee

Updates: * Added slideshows. I'm here at Building 943, just outside Moffett Field main gate, for the RAB meeting. I'll add notes to this entry as the meeting progresses. The agenda and the draft minutes from the last meeting are available. The next RAB meeting is scheduled for May 15, the third Thursday in May, [...]

(I've posted the draft minutes of the January 10 RAB meeting and the final minutes of the November 8 RAB meeting.) The Moffett Restoration Advisory Board will meet Thursday, March 13, 7:00-9:30 p.m., in Building 943, just outside the Moffett main gate. Agenda items: Welcome, Approve Minutes, Announcement/Review of Action Items (40 minutes) Regulatory Update (15 minutes) Hangar One Progress [...]

The founders of Google made news last year by making Moffett Field the home of several of their aircraft. NASA then told us that they'll be seeking more private users of Moffett's runways. Today comes news of two new civilian, non-government tenants. Airship Ventures has announced that they'll be moving to office space at Moffett. The company [...]

Architect magazine has a story on the effort to save Hangar One. I spoke to a writer for the magazine a few weeks ago, and the article does a good job of describing the community effort for preservation.

As reported in the San Jose Mercury News, the Moffett Navy Exchange has closed, as expected. I know many active and retired military in the area relied on the Exchange for both military and non-military goods. The Navy Exchange on-line store is available, of course, but I'm sure it can't always replace the local store.

As the Voice reported a week ago, a possible chemical treatment has been suggested to decontaminate Hangar One. It was mentioned at the last RAB meeting, too. On Sunday, RAB Community Co-Chair Bob Moss pinged the Navy's Darren Newton by email, asking whether there was any progress. Today, Bob tells me he hasn't heard [...]

Local resident and former NASA intern John Lindon proposes that Hangar One should house a world-class science fiction museum. If you have feedback for John, let me know, and I'll pass it on.

Bloomberg: Save California's PCB-Leaking Dirigible Hangar, Vets Urge Navy.

An article in the Mountain View Voice describes a chemical treatment that might be able to neutralize the toxics in Hangar One, even in the siding, where the toxics are embedded deep in the multi-layer panels. It sounds far fetched, but the Navy and some Restoration Advisory Board members are following up.

I'm mentioned in an article by Melanie Carroll in the Palo Alto Daily News that describes the Navy's plan to do a structural analysis of Hangar One before making a recommendation to demolish the hangar or retain it in some form. The article describes the comments of Georganna Hymes, a wonderful lady who has attended several [...]

Updates: * The draft minutes (549KB PDF) of this meeting are available. * Corrected spelling of Exeltech and Abdul Chahim. Added link to Exeltech. * Corrected the link to the agenda and draft minutes. I'm here at Building 943, just outside Moffett Field main gate, for the RAB meeting. I'll add notes to this [...]

The very popular Telstar Logistics blog picked up our call for community members to attend the important RAB meeting on Thursday.

(I've posted the draft minutes of the November 8 RAB meeting and the final minutes of the September 13 RAB meeting.) The Moffett Restoration Advisory Board will meet Thursday, January 10, 7:00-9:30 p.m., in Building 943, just outside the Moffett main gate. Agenda items: Welcome, Approve Minutes, Announcement/Review of Action Items (40 minutes) Regulatory Update (15 minutes) Hangar One Report [...]