Looking Back: Images from the Archives
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Calendar 2026 Spring
April 18 Volunteer Fair 10-12 noon Rengstorff Community Center
April 25 Downtown Walking tour 2 pm http:// mvhistory. eventbrite. com /
May 2 Multi Cultural Festival
May 3 Spring History Event Mountain View Library Community Room 2 pm“ Settlers & Saints” The Naming of Mountain View Streets http:// mvhistory. eventbrite. com /
May 4 Board meeting on Zoom
28 June Downtown Walking Tour
Looking Back: Images from the Archives
Construction of Hangar 1 began in 1931 and was officially completed on July 1, 1933. It was designed by staff architects and engineers of the Department of the Navy’ s Bureau of Yards & Docks, with Rear Admiral A. L. Parsons in charge.
The principal designer was Ernest L. Wolf, a civil engineer employed by the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation of Akron, Ohio. Originally constructed by the U. S. Navy as the centerpiece of NAS( Naval Air Station) Sunnyvale, the U. S. Army took over the administration of the base in 1935 following the destruction of the dirigible U. S. S. Macon.
The base remained under Army control until 1942 when the Navy reassumed control. The Navy retained ownership of NAS Moffett Field until 1994, when the base was closed as part of the Base Realignment and Closure( BRAC) process. At that time, the Navy turned NAS Moffett Field over to NASA.
Until NAS Moffett Field was decommissioned in 1994, the Navy used Hangar 1 to house a variety of aircraft, in particular P2 and P3 Orion surveillance aircraft.
“ Hangar 1 Moffett Field Naval Air Station Historic American Engineering Record”
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