The Hangar
The airplane hangar, once located inside the 2½-mile test track, featured a runway leading directly to its 4,000-square-foot building. It was used to develop and test Packard’s aircraft engines.
Under Chief Aeronautical Engineer Lionel M. Woolson, Packard built the first diesel aircraft engine, the Model DR-980. This engine set a record by flying 84½ hours before refueling and earned the prestigious Collier Trophy in 1931.
In 1929, aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh visited the site to test-fly an aircraft powered by a Packard engine.
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