AIR-SUPPORTED BUILDINGS. —An aerial view of the United States Army’s pentadome, rigged ready for display for an Armed Forces Day observance at Andrews Air Force base, Maryland. The “bubbles” are vinyl-coated nylon skins held up by hot-air pressure from electric blowers at the base of the structures, and are designed to be erected in one day by a crew of 10 men. Claimed to be the world’s largest air-supported buildings, they could be used as a missile maintenance hangar.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28895, 15 May 1959, Page 6
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79AIR-SUPPORTED BUILDINGS.—An aerial view of the United States Army’s pentadome, rigged ready for display for an Armed Forces Day observance at Andrews Air Force base, Maryland. The “bubbles” are vinyl-coated nylon skins held up by hot-air pressure from electric blowers at the base of the structures, and are designed to be erected in one day by a crew of 10 men. Claimed to be the world’s largest air-supported buildings, they could be used as a missile maintenance hangar. Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28895, 15 May 1959, Page 6
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