SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Historic airport hangars drew a crowd at the Airport Commission meeting. t
The General Western Aero Hangars Restoration Analysis Study was presented to the Airport Commission.
The commission learned about its environmental review, and efforts to include the public in the discussion.
Some people consider the original hangars part of local aviation history.
When General Western Aircraft Corp. moved to Goleta in the 1930s Frederick Stearns built the hangers.
Stearns is the namesake for the Santa Barbara Wharf.
Historians say the hangars were used to build the first propeller planes.
One of those propellers is by the old
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