Has Frazz ever seen an airport? https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/apr/22/planes-grounded-coronavirus-pandemicsit-idle-airports-world-pictures
Hangar has to be one of the most confusing word to pronounce for non-English speakers. I get that languages borrow words from other origins, but how did this word ever come to be pronounced hang-yer? You could teach someone to speak English perfectly and just keep the word hangar hidden until he mastered the language. Then one day, spring the word hangar on that person and ask him to read it. There is no way in hell it would come out as hang-yer, right?
I’ve seen ultralights kept in a famer’s shop. I don’t suppose he’s considering model craft or drones, but they’re aircraft too, and I’ve never seen a hangar for one of them.
The word hangar comes from Middle French hanghart (“enclosure near a house”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *haimgard (“home-enclosure”, “fence around a group of houses”), from *haim (“home, village, hamlet”) and gard (“yard”).
Concretionist over 4 years ago
You have to fold them just right. Kinda like a parachute.
whahoppened over 4 years ago
The name comes from not clearing that last tree!
Bilan over 4 years ago
It’s the only aircraft that’s made of cloth, but they don’t use hangars?
The Old Wolf over 4 years ago
Powered parachutes don’t get a hangar either. Usually just a garage.
Geophyzz over 4 years ago
Has Frazz ever seen an airport? https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/apr/22/planes-grounded-coronavirus-pandemicsit-idle-airports-world-pictures
danketaz Premium Member over 4 years ago
There’s always that umbrella you used to jump off the roof.
Kroykali over 4 years ago
Hot air balloons don’t need a hangar.
Kroykali over 4 years ago
Kudos to Jef Mallett for not misspelling it “hanger”!
deadstick over 4 years ago
Lots of airplanes don’t get stored in hangars. In the military and the airline business, hangars are mostly for WORKING on them.
cervelo over 4 years ago
Hangar has to be one of the most confusing word to pronounce for non-English speakers. I get that languages borrow words from other origins, but how did this word ever come to be pronounced hang-yer? You could teach someone to speak English perfectly and just keep the word hangar hidden until he mastered the language. Then one day, spring the word hangar on that person and ask him to read it. There is no way in hell it would come out as hang-yer, right?
marshalljpeters Premium Member over 4 years ago
I’ve seen ultralights kept in a famer’s shop. I don’t suppose he’s considering model craft or drones, but they’re aircraft too, and I’ve never seen a hangar for one of them.
jakarlsson over 4 years ago
The word hangar comes from Middle French hanghart (“enclosure near a house”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *haimgard (“home-enclosure”, “fence around a group of houses”), from *haim (“home, village, hamlet”) and gard (“yard”).
StevenHCarter over 4 years ago
Actually, there’s an aircraft that’s far more common than a hang glider and not kept in a hanger: paraglider. See USHPA.org to learn more about both.
WaywardWind over 4 years ago
English can be a tad confusing….BOMB, TOMB, COMB, DAUGHTER, LAUGHTER, GOOD, FOOD….LITTLE is twice the size of BIG.
Charlie Tuba over 4 years ago
I live up the street from Whiteman Airport. Most of the small private planes are parked on the tarmac.
amxchester over 4 years ago
Gliders usually are kept in their tow trailers between seasons.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 4 years ago
Jef Mallet’s Blog Posts:
Frazz14 hrs · Sometimes I wonder about what I wonder, too. And sometimes I don’t come up with an answer beyond, “that’ll work.”
Although clipping back into a wing sure sounds good right about now.
pony21 Premium Member over 4 years ago
Same, Jane. Same.