Our local private strip is owned by an elderly gentleman that is having some health issues. He has let us rent his hanger on and off over the last ten years. Currently the hanger has another aiplane in it and is not available.
Because the owners health is not good, the future of the property is ever changing. He has offered to let us build a hanger on the airstrip but we are concerned that about the time we get the building done, the property will change hands etc.

Is anyone familiar with a decent portable hanger that we could place on the grass (no foundation, or minimal) and be able to move without completely rebuilding if the need arouse? Are there any soft hanger options that seem to work well? Currently, we just need to be able to get the pacer in it, but it would be great if a cessna 180/185 would fit down the road.

Monument valley had one 30 yrs. ago. So did Riverside CA- lots of them at about that time or earlier. They folded up and became a 'trailer'. I know they were out there..... did you Google it? Probably still made somewhere.... or maybe try a used purchase? If I remember rightly they were a little 'spendy'. Of course all things are relative, that was when I hardly had a pot to pee in.

This one is nice but I'd be afraid of how much it costs.

http://www.bannertown.com/rolladome.htm

The ones you see all over the west are called Port-A-Ports. Unfortunately they appear to not be manufacturing them anymore, only moving them on existing airports. You could contact the people who purchased the rights and they might be able to help. http://www.port-a-portparts.com/index.html

what about a pole-barn?? You can just plant the poles in the ground and build around them, no foundation or paving required. A farmer I know has one on his farm, it has been there for 30+ years. I almost bought one a couple years ago but had no place to put it. The entire kit was $6500 for a 36X50 building...the company just wanted it gone.

Portage Creek wrote:http://www.farmtek.com/farm/supplies/cat1a;ft1_tension_fabric_buildings.html

Those looked good till I looked at the dimensions...


low wings only

Just saw a portable on ebay under aircraft, page 2. Looks like the seller wants around 10K-check it out.

The Port-a-Ports was the one I was talking about. There were some of them sold into private hands, but the bulk of them,I believe, were sold to airports like Riverside. Rows amd rows, set up like individual T hangars-back to front to back, and able to be moved when the airport expanded or changed. They still had their 'ball reciever' at the tail end so when it was all folded up it would be pulled. Anyway. Some were sold into private hands. Watch ebay, and leave word on avation sites you are trolling for one. Probably the smaller size, that is the one I am aware of, that can be trailered. (may need road permits) They evidently quit manf. when the avation boom went bust.
Good Luck Hunting. If you are in a hurry..... the guys have other Ideas to weigh.

Thanks for the suggestions.....I remember seeing the Port-a-ports now at Sierra Sky Park in Fresno Ca. I will have to look into this as well.

Years ago, my dad and I rented a port-a-port from an old fellow. It was great. We liked it so well, that one day we got out the tape measure, took pencil to paper, and copied it. We built it in panels in our garage with a little 220 volt MIG welder, wasn't a big deal at all. Took it to the airport, set it up and sheeted it in a couple of days.

There is an ad in trade-a-plane for a hangar that looks identical to the port-a-port, I don't recall the name of it. Might be worth checking into. Also, while in Canada this year, I saw one of those cover-it type fabric structures a guy was using for a maintenance hangar. It was big with a roll up door. Looked like a very cost effective way to go.

gb

Next time you are at Beagle take a look at the hanger behind ours that is covering a PA-16. The entire thing can be unbolted and loaded onto a 16Ft trailer and it has been there for at least 15 years now.

Brian

Zane,

Good one!!!

But, I don't think they got it....

MTV

1SeventyZ wrote:

Nice, a "portable hanger" love it!

Ya Ya ya,
So maybe my education does not show. Is this where I am supposed to say...."I was wondering who would pick up on....."
Mr. Moderator, would you please fix my spelling error......or you can keep posting random pics of clothing instruments on your aviation forum

All in good fun

By golly, I knew that an airplane HANGAR was spelled with a second 'A', but I will now confess I had no earthly idea that a 'clothes thingy' wasn't spelled the same way. Isn't English language fun!

How many of you know that 'back when', airplanes were actually 'hung' in the hangar? That's right. By their tails (skids-pre tailwheel) with the mains remaining on the ground and the horizontal positioned prop almost touching the ground. You can get quite a few planes into a 'hangar' stacked that way. There are PX out there somewhere.

NO, I wasn't there......

Nope, actually, the planes (J-3 Cubs in all the pictures I've seen) were slid up to lean against the back of the hangar wall. The main gear was on the floor, with the tail up against the wall, not hanging from the ceiling. The next plane was then slid up against the first, nose down and the belly against the top of the first plane. They then stacked them in by the dozen.

But, they were not hung by the tail skids.

MTV

I was told the tails were stablized (tied) on a primitive 'track' (wood rail) and stacked quite deep. This was long pre J-3 (WWI). As inferred, I wasn't there. The old guy musta been a kidder.....

Sorry. My Mistake. I defer to the resident expert.