Tillamook Air Museum
Tillamook Air Museum is an aviation museum south of Tillamook, Oregon in the United States. The museum is located at a former US Navy Air Station and housed in a former blimp hangar, known as "Hangar B", which is the largest clear-span wooden structure in the world. History. Constructed by the US Navy in 1942 during World War II for Naval Air Station Tillamook, the hangar building housing the aircraft collection is long and wide, giving it over of area. It stands at tall. The doors weigh each and are tall and could accommodate six blimps  each. Hangar "B" is one of two that were originally built on the site. Hangar "A" was destroyed by fire on August 22, 1992. In April 2013, the museum announced that the part of its collection owned by Jack Erickson would be moving from Tillamook to Madras, Oregon. All of the World War II aircraft had been removed by September 2014. In November 2014, the owners of Hangar B, the Port of Tillamook Bay, announced that they would continue operation of the Tillamook Air Museum with the remaining collection. In 2016, the Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum moved a number of  their aircraft to the museum. In 2021, the museum received a B-52 cockpit on loan from Scroggins Aviation Mockup & Effects. Collection. Exhibits. The Museum also features an exhibit hall with a large collection of rare historical wartime and aviation themed artifacts including pieces of the great German airship, the Hindenburg, a World War II Luftwaffe flight jacket and a WWII Japanese Army Winter flight suit.