Why is a aircraft hanger called a hanger?

Question

Why is a aircraft hanger called a hanger?

Answer 1

interesting :)

Answer 2

"Hangar" (not "hanger") is a Middle French word that means "barn," "shed," or "enclosure."

Answer 3

Just to add my two cents here: Yes, it is called hangar and yes it is a French word but it comes originally from the Norsemen invasion and has its root in ancient Germanic rather than Latin French. So, the word went from central Germany to Scandinavia, to French Normandy to ... the United Kingdom and finally to the US. Etymology is fun, isn't it?

Answer 4

The word hangar comes from a northern French dialect, and means "cattle pen."

In 1909, Louis Bleriot crash-landed on a northern French farm in Les Baraques (between Sangatte and Calais) and rolled his monoplane into the farmer's cattle pen. At the time, Bleriot was in a race to be the first man to cross the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft, so he set up headquarters in the unused shed. After returning home, Bleriot called REIDsteel, the maker of the cattle pen, and ordered three "hangars" for personal use. REIDsteel continues to make hangars and hangar parts.

Taken from a previous answer :-)

Answer 5

Absolutely from the French with the two 'a' spelling.

Dad was in the RFC and subsequently RAF starting at the age of 16 in WW1.

I remember asking him about this when I spelt it with the second vowel as an 'e'. He put me right about correct spelling and gave me the probable origin of the word.

Answer 6

you don' know? i pity you

Answer 7

its hangar, and its a french word meaning: cattle pen

Answer 8

It's actually a hangar.

Answer 9

Its a hangar not a hanger.

Answer 10

it hangs planes