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DCA Hangar, Essendon
When the apron area at Essendon was expanded in 1962, the Government Hangar was dismantled and re-erected in the workshops area at the south-eastern corner of the aerodrome. Tradition had it that many famous aviators signed their names on its walls, but these had long since vanished.
For 25 years the hangar served as the Regional Transport Depot, and was later occupied by a garbage removal contractor when it was photographed here in 1995. It was a sad end for the oldest surviving building on historic Essendon Airport.
This historic building met an even sadder ultimate fate when it was demolished without fanfare in September 2004 to make way for a retail shopping complex.
Essendon Airport 2007
As this photograph of Melbourne's Essendon Airport, shows the years 2006 and 2007 have seen more development at Essendon than any time since the late 1960s. The photo was taken on 22 August 2007 from almost above the Runway 26 threshold, looking west
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In the south-eastern corner of the aerodrome, the former maintenance and stores area has been demolished (including the former Government Hangar) and replaced by a large retail shopping complex. Further to the west, the threshold of Runway 35 has been displaced to allow for widening and realignment of the Tullamarine Freeway/Calder Freeway intersection at the south-western corner of the aerodrome.