This aircraft hangar was designed by the notable British airport architect Graham R Dawbarn (1893-1976). The Blister hangar is an arched aircraft cover and was manufactured by Miskins and Sons. Originally made of wooden ribs and clad with corrugated metal sheets.
This example has a steel frame and so may be an ‘over blister’ or ‘extra over blister’ variant.
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Can you give me a measurment on a blister hanger please its for a scale for diorama of raf scorton thankyou
Darren – according to ‘British Military Airfields: 1939-45’ by David J Smith (PSL, 1989), “…the ‘standard’ Blister [had] a span of 45ft, the ‘Over Blister’ … a 65ft span and the ‘Extra Over Blister’ [was] 69ft wide. All types were 45ft long … some Blisters were bricked up at one end. They were easily doubled in length… ” I’m not clear if the Blister hangar [note correct spelling] pictured (evidently ‘Building 140.2’ on someone’s inventory) is at Dunsfold, but going by the pedestrian access door I suspect it must be one of the bigger ones. A little imagination might have you counting the vertical corrguted sheets to confirm the span (perhaps 36in wide, before allowing for sheet overlaps?).
Can you please tell me hat is the difference between a blister hangar and a nissen hut? Only the size and use?
Blisters were huge, for aircraft, Nissen specifically for personnel and all of a similar height.