At 05:37 PM 4/13/2007, you wrote: >I wanted to ask this for awhile now. Why is it called a hanger >and not an airplane garage???? Someone asked me and I couldn't answer. >Joe Horton ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Here you go Joe. Don't ask my why they kept their airplane in a "cattle pen". Must be a "French thing". :-) Found it with Google. The word hangar comes from a northern French dialect, and literally means "cattle pen." Larry Flesner
