Pictures of the AA Hangar being built in Tulsa.

[AA Tulsa Mechanic]

Fabric hangar being built in Tulsa.

 

[AA Tulsa Mechanic]

 

[The Goose]

That's quite a tent.

 

[MCI transplant]

------ A fabric hanger, right in the middle of "Tornado Allie!"------ Who's bright idea was that?

 

[enough already]

------ A fabric hanger, right in the middle of "Tornado Allie!"------ Who's bright idea was that?

Umm, you have to ask that? This is American Airlines management! :blink:

 

[MCI transplant]

<_< ------ I know! The bean counters! It was cheap!!!

 

[AA767JET]

What a waste of money, boy o boy what next ?

 

[AA Tulsa Mechanic]

------ A fabric hanger, right in the middle of "Tornado Allie!"------ Who's bright idea was that?

Well since the AA Maintenance facility has never been hit by a tornado....... <_<

 

[AA Tulsa Mechanic]

What a waste of money, boy o boy what next ?

The hangar is being built with funds from the city of Tulsa.....no cost to AA.

 

[Jager]

AA T town... Is this for sure an AA facility or it being leased to some other carrier? Word we got was AA is getting out of MRO work and Delta is spooling up... They are interested in in acquiring part or all of Hanger 5 (old delta hangar) at DFW.

 

[jetmechjer]

A fabric hangar for RP's Paper Airplanes!! There is justice in this world!!

 

[eolesen]

------ A fabric hanger, right in the middle of "Tornado Allie!"------ Who's bright idea was that?

http://www.ufsinc.com/default.aspx?pageid=361

Military uses a similar design now. DOD standard is 65 mph sustained winds for 30 minutes, and these hold up.

Not sure about a direct hit from a tornado, but the same can be said for any pre-engineered sheet metal structure. Fabric might even be better because it will give, as opposed to resisting the and putting all the wind energy against the frame...

 

[BigMac]

DOD standard is 65 mph sustained winds for 30 minutes, and these hold up.

Which was the wind speed earlier last week 😉
Too bad it's facing east and west...gonna be a very hot summer in there

 

[777 fixer]

Kind of reminds me of some of the older hangar designs used by the US military.

 

[AA Tulsa Mechanic]

AA T town... Is this for sure an AA facility or it being leased to some other carrier? Word we got was AA is getting out of MRO work and Delta is spooling up... They are interested in in acquiring part or all of Hanger 5 (old delta hangar) at DFW.

Yes this is a 100% AA Hangar. It is scheduled to be done in June. Tulsa is continuing to grow and this hangar will be doing AA work on widebody aircraft as we hear.


http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article...E1_hGroun968767