Hangar Familiarization

Question 1

What is the hangar designed to provide?

Answer 1

An environmentally protected area to perform maintenance on aircraft or store them away from the elements

Question 2

Explain Hangar type 1.

Answer 2

Primarily designed for carrier aircraft,but is adaptable to meet requirements for rotary wings & various types of smaller aircraft
235 ft wide,85ft deep

Question 3

Explain Hangar Type 2

Answer 3

Primarily provided for us marine corps aviation.

325ft wide,119 ft deep

Question 4

Explain Hangar type 3.

Answer 4

Designed for land based patrol and large transport aircraft

165ft wide,165 deep

Question 5

What are the items needed for shore based hangars?

Answer 5

• Painted red fire lane
• Portable CO2 fire extinguishers
• Aircraft electrical system w/ cords for applying external electrical power
• manually/automatically operated hangar door

Question 6

What are the hangar protection requirements for protection of aircraft?

Answer 6

• Low level AFFF system
• Closed head water only overhead sprinkler nozzles
• Optical detection system to activate the low level AFFF system

Question 7

What is the estimated cost for a false activation of the fire suppression system? due to?

Answer 7

$80,000 due to,

• damage to aircraft
• cost to recharger the system
• cost of run off retention

Question 8

what is the largest ship board hangar and how many aircraft can it hold?

Answer 8

CVN (aircraft carrier).Can hold more than 60 aircraft

Question 9

How long does it take to close a hangar bay door to prevent spread of fire?

Answer 9

18 seconds

Question 10

What are the significant differences between hangar bay 1,2 &3 ?

Answer 10

• Hangar bay 1&2 has aircraft elevators on the starboard side.
• Hangar bay 3 has aircraft elevators mounted on both port & starboard side

Question 11

What type of fire suppression system does shipboard hangars have?

Answer 11

AFFF