Airship Hangar

I remembered to pop the big camera into the car this morning, so taking advantage of the warm spring weather took a lunchtime walk across to IQ Farnborough Business Park hoping to find something interesting to blip ... and found this portable airship / balloon hangar frame.

The IQ Farnborough development has been developed around Farnborough airport on the former RAE (Royal Aircraft Establishment) site, and great efforts have been made to preserve and incorporate buildings of historic significance. The 1911 Balloon Hangar is now, once more, erected close to its original location on the former Royal Aircraft Factory site.

I took a number of photos of this iconic structure - other examples can be seen on flickr