Sailplane hangar is something
many pilots only dream about
FedEx pilot Steve Vihlen of Locust Grove, Georgia has enough room in his hangar to store four planes. The big 60' x 12' Schweiss bifold liftstrap door is wide enough to bring in his ASG-29 glider, along with the 7AC Aeronca Champ and Cessna L-19 tow plane shown here.
“I first learned about Schweiss doors through fellow FedEx pilot friends that had their own hangar at an airpark in Memphis; it had an old cable version bifold door. I got a lot of information and advice from them when I was putting plans together to build our hangar. I started looking about 10 years ago and checked with another hangar door manufacturer. Schweiss seemed so much more developed and evolved and seemed like Schweiss was well established. I felt more comfortable knowing Schweiss would back up their product better.”
- Steve Vihlen, pilot
Locust Grove, GA
Steve Vihlen of Locust Grove, Georgia makes his living currently as a Captain on a 767 FedEx cargo plane that takes him on national and international routes. He's no stranger to the sky; having earned his pilot's license at an early age that later led him to join the Air Force and become a F-16 combat pilot for eight years.
He's been with FedEx for nearly 30 years and previously flew the FedEx Boeing 777 that took him on around the world flights.
Steve's main passion these days is flying sailplanes. He's got an American-made older classic 1964 Schweizer 126-B glider and a German-made Alexander Schleicher ASG-29 modern single-place racing glider that he bought new from the factory in 2006. The ASG-29 has a 59' wingspan. He also flies a 7AC Aeronca Champ and uses his vintage 1952 Cessna L-19/0-1 to tow the gliders. The L-19 is in its original colors and was Air Force from 1952-1973. Civil Air Patrol used it until it was civilianized in 1978.
To store these aircraft he built a 70' x 70' hangar adjacent to his home and to the runway at his Mallard's Landing Airpark. The four-plane hangar built by Watford Steel Buildings of Adel, Georgia has a Schweiss 60' x 12.5' bifold liftstrap door on it with a manual side latch system and exterior sheet metal cladding. Inside it is decked out with 15' x 32' mancave that connects to an outside bar, guest quarters with a living room, bathroom, shower and kitchenette. The entire hangar, ceiling and walls have 4" white insulation.
"The hangar is wonderful. We poured the foundation within a week of when we poured the foundation for our house. When we lived in Memphis I rented a hangar at a nearby privately owned public use grass airstrip. We built this hangar because we wanted our own hangar near our home," explained Vihlen."
The door was hung by Premier Building Systems of Lawrenceville, Georgia. Vihlen said he finished the installation by putting in the motors, liftstraps and autolatches all by himself.
The love of flying is shared among other family members. Two of the Vihlen's four boys are also licensed pilots. His oldest son, Ryan, has his own private power and glider license. Two other sons have soloed in gliders. His second-oldest son, Nolan, is a Captain in the Marine Corps and flies Sikorsky CH-53 Heavylift Transport helicopters for the past seven years. He soloed his first glider at age 16 and a year later in a Super Cub.
"I first learned about Schweiss doors through fellow FedEx pilot friends that had their own hangar at an airpark in Memphis; it had an old cable version bifold door. I got a lot of information and advice from them when I was putting plans together to build our hangar. I started looking about 10 years ago and checked with another hangar door manufacturer. Schweiss seemed so much more developed and evolved and seemed like Schweiss was well established. I felt more comfortable knowing Schweiss would back up their product better," noted Vihlen.
He chose a bifold door over a hydraulic door because he was more familiar with it and he always liked the look of the bifold door better. He also liked the fact that you could park closer to the outside of the door.
"The Schweiss door is easy to install as long as you follow the instructions it is not complicated and it's easy to maintain; it met my expectations and I haven't had any difficulty with it. My glider club in Arkansas had the non-powered accordion doors on their hangar. They scared me a lot because of the pinching hazard. I really don't have any experience with a hydraulic door," said Vihlen.
He said the people at Schweiss Doors were helpful and pleasant to work with during the ordering process.
Vihlen bought this German-made Alexander Schleicher ASG-29 single-place racing glider new from the factory in 2006. It has a 59' wingspan. He also owns a Schweizer 126-B glider. The ASG-29 characteristics are listed below.
Schleicher ASG-29
The Schleicher ASG-29 is a German sailplane in production by Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co since 2006. It can be flown as an 18 meter Class glider or as a 15 meter Class glider. The 'G' indicates this is a design of designer Michael Greiner. It is a refinement of the popular ASW-27 and for certification purposes it is designated the ASW-27-18.
The ASG-29 has plain flaps and winglets. The structure is a complex composite of carbon, aramid and polyethylene fibre reinforced plastic. This permits a light structure with the strength to carry up to 170 liters (322 pounds) of water ballast, thus permitting the widest possible range of wing loadings for weak and strong soaring weather.
The unmotorized version made its first flight November 9, 2005. The 'E' version has a self-sustaining engine (SOLO 2350, 18 hp 2-stroke) and was certified in February 2008.
By August 2014 the numbers of ASG-29 produced had reached 163 turbos and 87 pure gliders.
General characteristics
Crew: One
Capacity: 202 kg (447 lb) water ballast
Length: 6.59 m (21 ft 7 in)
Wingspan: 18.00 m (59 ft 1 in)
Height: 1.30 m (4 ft 3 in)
Wing area: 10.5 m2 (113 ft2)
Aspect ratio: 30.4
Empty weight: 280 kg (617 lb)
Gross weight: 600 kg (1,323 lb)
Maximum speed: 270 km/h (168 mph)
Maximum glide ratio: 50
Rate of sink: 0.47 m/s (92.5 ft/min)
The outside of the bifold door is clad with sheet metal that matches nicely in color with the rest of the hangar.
When the bifold door is open it provides a nice shaded canopy that helps keep the hangar cool in summer.
Mallard's Landing Airpark
Mallard's Landing Airpark at Locust Grove, Georgia in Henry County is home to about 150 property owners with many of the residents naturally being commercial pilots (after all, the nearby Atlanta airport is the world's busiest airport and a major hub for travel throughout the Southeastern United States), plus active and ex-military pilots who have flown in every theater of combat from World War II to the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.
The airport is identified as GA04 and features pilot controlled lighting as well as a sophisticated pilot controlled weather station, but the best part about being in an aviation-centric community is that pilot homeowners can easily taxi to the runway from hangars located right on their lots next to their home.
Naturally, any community built around a grass landing strip will have aviation focused events ranging from two annual fly-ins to Bob's Movie Night at a full-sized "old-timey" movie theater in one pilot homeowner's hangar. There is also a state-of-the-art pool, tennis courts and plenty of green space.
Mallard's Landing is located at Locust Grove, GA. Phone: (678) 374-9641. www.mallardslanding.us
Watford Steel Buildings
Watford Steel Buildings is headquartered in Georgia and delivers premium Metal Buildings and customer satisfaction nationwide. With over 25 years of combined Steel and Metal Building industry experience you can be assured their team will provide superior end-to-end solutions for all of your Prefabricated Steel Building needs.
From your first contact with us Watford Steel Building consultants to the final handshake they make sure to provide one-on-one service for all their clientele. When they turn your beautifully completed, properly constructed Steel Building over to you, they are your sole provider, first contact, last contact, and the one to call regarding any questions or concerns.
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Watford Steel Buildings is located at 602 N. Hutchinson Ave., Adel, Georgia (229) 896-1510
Vihlen's hangar is 70' x 70' with brick extending up to the top of the soffit on each side of the bifold door and a nice concrete apron out front.
Premier Building Systems
Premier Building Systems is a company that specializes in steel and metal buildings. In the business since 1995, their buildings have been used in commercial, industrial, and agricultural applications. They provide a high quality selection of pre-engineered metal buildings. Whether it's a metal strip mall, metal church building, or metal roofing they can help. They were recently named the fifth largest steel building distributor in the United States. You can trust them as your steel supplier; they're always trying to exceed customer expectations.
Premier Building Systems is located at 134 Hurricane Shoals Rd NE A, Lawrenceville, GA. (770) 239-2085
There's a bar in the hangar mancave where the glider pilots and friends can talk after their flight.
The hangar guest quarters and living room also has a bathroom and shower.
A small kitchenette inside the hangar comes in handy for overnight guests or visiting pilots.
The backside view of the hangar gives off a strong fortress look that should stand up in any bad weather. Windows around the hangar supply an ample amount of natural light.
This aerial photo gives a good view of Vihlen's hangar home located at Mallard's Landing Airpark in Locust Grove, GA.
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Sailplane hangar is something many pilots only dream about
This four-plane hangar in Georgia has a Schweiss 60' x 12.5' bifold liftstrap door. Inside it is decked out with 15' x 32' mancave. The door was hung by Premier Building Systems of Lawrenceville, Georgia. Vihlen said he finished the installation by putting in the motors, liftstraps and autolatches all by himself. Now, Steve's main passion these days is flying sailplanes. He's got an American-made older classic 1964 Schweizer 126-B glider and a German-made Alexander Schleicher ASG-29 modern single-place racing glider that he bought new from the factory in 2006. |
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Beautiful home away from home has bifold door for scenery and security
Ron's 40' x 11' Schweiss bifold liftstrap door works as a security system and protects the glass windows. The automatic latching system seals it weathertight. The building is about 48' x 92' with one third devoted to living space and the rest for a garage and shop area. When his home was built a couple of years ago he decided to put a bifold door on it, in part to cover a large 40' expanse of windows that look out over an adjacent golf course. His home in the woods overlooks his 90 acres. |
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Mercedes-Benz and Schweiss Doors travel the same route of class and quality
When Mercedez-Benz of St. Louis built a new dealership and parking garage on Hampton Avenue, a Schweiss bifold glass designer door was put up. The Schweiss bifold liftstrap door measures 23.11' x 9.4' and equipped with electric photo eye sensors, manual latch system, a door base safety edge, black liftstraps and a top drive motor. PARIC Corporation of St. Louis built the 90,000 sq. ft. building and Zumwalt Corporation of St. Louis installed the bifold door. It is a full-service dealership offering new and used models and a service department. |
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Texas country home is highlighted by attractive Schweiss hydraulic designer doors
At the encouragement of their architect, these Chappel Hill, Texans decided on Schweiss hydraulic country ranch home and garage designer doors. The doors are 29.7' x 9.7' and 20' x 9.4'. The compact hydraulic pumps are each mounted 45' and 65' from the doors. One of the hydraulic pump units went in the basement of her home away from the party room. The pump in the garage was put in the mechanical room behind doors. The exterior of the door is clad in 24 gauge metal panels and the interior of the basement door is handsomely clad with Vertical Douglas Fir. |
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Chuckey, Tenn. barn hangar holds replica of 'Spirit of Columbus'
Driving up you'd never guess that his barn is almost exclusively used to hangar his 180 Cessna 'Spirit of Columbus' and the end wall has a bifold door. Dick and Ginger Merrill of Chuckey Tenn. replicated their 1953 Cessna 180 to match the paint scheme of famous female aviator, Jerrie Mock. |
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Bifold garage door in The Woodlands, Texas has class to match cars within it
A complete remodel of this Woodland, Texas garage included a Schweiss 18' x 7' bifold liftstrap door. The door is equipped with an automatic latch system, remote opener and Simonds can use his backup generator to open or close the door in case of a power outage. That backup generator nearly went to work. The door was installed in the nick of time before Category 4 Hurricane Harvey started on its $200 billion wave of destruction when the eye of the hurricane passed over Rockport and Houston in late August. |
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Blue Bottle Coffee Company opens doors to convivial and growing customer base
Blue Bottle Coffee Company in San Francisco, Calif. turned a dead-end alleyway into a friendly gathering place for people to enjoy their coffee. They have two Schweiss 11' wide bifold doors that they can open to serve customers each day. |
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Custom home hydraulic garage door aids in resale of log home
This door in Oregon is a cedar clad Schweiss designer door with a large man door entrance on a log vacation home two-car attached garage. The new custom-made residential hydraulic garage door is 14' 10" wide with a 6' 3" clear opening and was bought for maximal headroom. The Schweiss Doors is a extra selling point for the owner that put the home up for resale. |
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Connecticut H.S. has multi-use bifold stage and amphitheater door
The new $107 million Warren Harding High School in Bridgeport, Connecticut has a multi-purpose Schweiss bifold liftstrap door measuring 34.8' x 20'. The door doubles as an amphitheater and stage for indoor and outdoor performances. |
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Microburst damage leads Chandler Aviation to replace door with a Schweiss bifold liftstrap door
Extensive storm damage to the Chandler Aviation building in Chandler, Ariz. forced the owner to have an old cable door replaced by Schweiss Bifold Doors. His building needed a revamp from roof to floor including 48' x 14' 10" liftstrap door. The door is equipped with a manual latch system. Four translucent polycarbonate panels at the top half of the door allow natural daylight to brighten up the inside of the building. |
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Prime Silicon Beach real estate site is using Schweiss bifold door at Pen Factory
On this Pen Factory prime real estate at Santa Monica's Silicon Beach sits a 8' 9" x 19' 5" Schweiss bifold liftstrap door with glass cladding. It is equipped with an automatic latch system, electric photo eye sensors, a door base safety edge and back-up system that can be used in case of a power outage. Installation of the door was by Bill Schmidt of ABS Builders, Inc. of Maxwell, CA., the same firm that recently installed the five large 29'x41' Schweiss bifold doors on the new Sacramento Kings Stadium. |
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Skol Vikings!
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Tall 62 x 60-footer goes on Portland Yacht Services building
This big 62-foot wide x 60-foot tall bifold liftstrap door at Portland Yacht Services, Maine, was the second tallest door ever manufactured by Schweiss. The tallest door was 69-foot tall and 90-feet wide, made for a SpaceX rocket hangar at Cape Canaveral. Ten windows on the door bring in natural light. |
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Oklahoma City garage exudes class from floor to ceiling and door
Leo Kingston buys a Schweiss hydraulic door with a clear opening of 15.3' x 7.1' and its equipped with electric photo eye sensors and a remote opener. In order to give extra stability, to compensate for the extra weight of the glass-clad door, Kingston ordered it with a freestanding header that attaches to I-beams at the side and header of the door. |
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West Coast Self-Storage bifold doors enable developer to meet downtown criteria requirements and save money
Two Schweiss bifold doors, a 35 ft. x 19' and a 27 ft. x 19 ft. cleared up a city permit quandary and are being used to access loading bays and elevator lobby. Two hydraulic freight elevators take the work out of bringing storage holdings to the top two floors. Customers are only permitted to access the floor their unit is on through the use of a keypad that is interfaced to the elevator. |
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Iowa high school aviation academy has a Schweiss hydraulic door on its new hangar
Des Moines Aviation Academy builds new hangar. Their new 100' x 96' hangar has a 58.2' x 19.5' Schweiss hydraulic door equipped with electric photo eyes. The One-Piece Door was also ordered with manual windpins, warning lights and horns. The facility consists of a main hangar, mechanical shop, tool/equipment rooms, classrooms and office space. Building contractor on the school was DDVI of Indianola, Iowa. The door was installed by Skold Door Company of Des Moines. |
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Arizona corporate jet hangar has 86' Schweiss bifold liftstrap door
The new 7,360 sq. ft. Triple C Airpark Properties hangar in Scottsdale, Ariz. has a 86' x 26' Schweiss bifold liftstrap door. Schweiss Doors was called upon to provide a bifold liftstrap door with an automatic latch system for it. The massive door has 24 windows located on both halves and a walk door. An exterior truss gives additional strength to the door. The hangar is part of a 12,600 sq. ft. building that has 2,620 sq. ft. of offices, shop and storage space. |
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Thirteen Schweiss hi-tech container doors
The custom-made doors are 13’3” x 7’2” with manual latches and have a 145 mph windload. They have white liftstraps and the motors were painted white as well. The outside of the bifold door was clad in ACM panel. ACM provides a flat surface comparable to much thicker aluminum, at a more reasonable price. When you desire larger panel modules or panels with greater impact resistance, aluminum composite material is the way to go. |
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Ornate cafe-kiosk is part of San Francisco revitalization project
San Francisco's Bi-Rite kiosk offers the first time food has been available on the Civic Center Plaza. It has five beautiful Schweiss bifold designer liftstrap doors. These five doors open up on all sides and when they are closed they blend into the building design to where you can't really see that there are doors there at all. The largest door is 49.4' x 12' and the four other liftstrap doors vary in size from 16.8' to 12.11' in width. |
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Rooftop skylight bifold doors enhance natural light for California photo studio
Eight Schweiss liftstrap skylight designer doors were placed on a photography production studio building in Los Angeles, Calif. Six of these are on the rooftop. The idea came at the recommendation of the Culver City, Calif. architectural firm of Eric Owen Moss Architects (EOMA). These custom-made skylight doors, two of which are 24' x 15.2' and four that span 23.5' x 14.2,' were in addition to two other 23.6' x 15' bifold liftstrap doors placed on the side of the building. Beneath the skylight doors are 1" thick clear glass panels to keep the elements outside the building. The skylight doors have weatherproof electrical components, and the side doors are equipped with photo-eye sensors. |
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Superba Food + Bread opens its bifold door to a tantalizing menu
People at Superba Food + Bread of El Segundo, California insist on living well. They are a community born of the belief that the good things in life ought to be shared and that great food should be accessible to all who seek it. With good intentions, Superba decided on a custom-made 14' 3.5" x 9' 8.5" glass-clad bifold liftstrap door with black straps, electric photo eye sensors and manual latches. |
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Odd Job Johnny has a 'Now You See It - Now You Don't' North Carolina hydraulic garage door
Dennis Scearce of Mooresville, North Carolina, applied this Herb Korthuis principle to his design of his 25.4' x 9' hydraulic door on his 30' x 30' two story garage. When it's open, it looks every bit like a garage door, but when it's closed it looks just like an extension of his home. With two large double windows, it blends in very nicely and matches the rest of his home exterior. The door has remote opener, photo eye sensors and an interior truss. |
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Life Flight Network gets 70 ft. bifold door for new emergency response hangar
The Life Flight "Koala" helicopter stands ready next to the new hangar that has a Schweiss 70'x17' bifold liftstrap door at Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport. Using state of the art aircraft and highly skilled medical and aviation professionals, Life Flight Network (LFN) provides life saving transport to seriously ill or injured patients from the scene of an emergency or from one hospital to another. |
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Ornate bifold grill design adorns Seattle's Pike Motorworks luxurious Apartment building
Adding to the historic look of the building are two custom-made decorative Schweiss bifold liftstrap designer doors; one of which is 11' 10" x 11' 11" and another at 11'1" x 10' 1." Instead of the conventional metal, glass or wood exterior cladding, these doors have a decorative exterior 12 gauge steel cladding that blends in very nicely with the exterior brick of the Pike Motorworks apartment building. |
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Newly opened Boston Art Center uses two unique concept Schweiss doors
The new Watershed art gallery has two unique Schweiss bifold liftstrap designer doors, 19.9' and 19.11' wide by 26.9' and 26.11' feet tall. It will showcase contemporary art and was built from the ruins of an abandoned copper pipe and sheet metal facility. |
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Bobby Hotel in Downtown Nashville features a 1956 rooftop bus with hydraulic doors
The newly renovated Bobby Hotel in downtown Nashville, Tenn. has a unique landmark, a 1956 Greyhound Scenicruiser bus hoisted 10 stories up on its roof. One side of the bus opens up with a 18’6” x 8’ Schweiss Hydraulic Door and another 8’ x 9’ rear bus door. The bus serves as part of the rooftop lounge. |
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Two glass-clad hydraulic doors open Sam's Tavern in Seattle to outside dining
Sam's Tavern Pike Street bar has two Schweiss 11'8" x 9' hydraulic glass-clad doors that open to an outside patio area. The bar in Seattle is acclaimed for its renowned USA Today endorsed Bakon Bloody Mary and great food. The restaurant and bar opened early this year as part of a newly constructed 13-story office building. |
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National particle physics lab architect calls on Schweiss for bifold door
As part of the Short Baseline Neutrino (SBN) program at Fermilab a 20.10' x 23.9' bifold liftstrap door was installed in the new 4,500 sq. ft. SBN Near Detector Building. The door features gray liftstraps, electric photo eye sensors, warning lights and horns, a top-drive motor, automatic latching system and an emergency back-up system. The door is clad with glass on the bottom quarter and high performance light transmitting Kalwall® panels covering the top three-quarters of the door, both to identically match the adjacent east wall of the building. |
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Business at PropWorks is zooming - Schweiss 60' x 16' bifold goes on new Edmonton facility
PropWorks of Canada recently underwent a expansion that included a new 14,000 sq. ft. steel hangar with a 60’ x 16’ Schweiss bifold liftstrap door. The hangar is capable of holding large aircraft like this Piper Cheyenne waiting to have some propeller work done. |
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Silicon Valley dream home has large Schweiss hydraulic glass Great Room curtain wall
The Great Room of this ultra-contemporary 9,991 sq. ft. Silicon Valley home has natural light flowing through a 23' tall by 36' wide glass hydraulic door that can be opened fully to create a true indoor/outdoor experience. |
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Shomotion is a company on the move
This unique 40' x 12' mobile container was designed and built by Shomotion LLC. Schweiss Doors custom-built a 28' x 7' 11" hydraulic door for it. Inside the container is a prototype fuselage of Mitsubishi's soon to be produced 70 to 90 passenger regional jet. |
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Big 50' Schweiss bifold opens up South Carolina hangar
Nick and Michelle Cwian are enjoying their new 50' x 16' Schweiss bifold liftstrap door. It is attached to their 60' x 70' hangar at Easley, SC. The liftstrap door, located on the 20' tall hangar sidewalls, is equipped with automatic latches. Their hangar holds their Aeronca Champ and an Aeronca Chief. Nick and Michelle live at the Williamsport Airpark. |
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Oregon BPA helicopter hangar has 40 ft. Schweiss bifold liftstrap door
The newest helicopter hanger utilized by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) at the Redmond, Oregon airport has a Schweiss 40' 4" x 20' bifold straplift hangar door. |
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Scenic mountain art studio-retreat is enhanced by Schweiss glass bifold doors
Forming a glass corner in an open two-story space are two 23' x 15'2" straplift bifold glass-clad doors that have electric photo eye sensors, door base safety edges and black liftstraps and quiet, fast opening top-drive motors. The up/down door control is located 60' away from the doors. |
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Michigan yacht restoration building is fitted with Schweiss bifold and hydraulic doors
The new fully insulated building also features a Schweiss 47.4' x 29.7' bifold automatic latching liftstrap door and a 45.11' x 34.1' hydraulic door, LED lighting, radiant floor heat, floor drains, 24/7 RFID key card access and a private ramp on the shore of Lake Macatawa. The changes make a transition to and from their beautiful storage/service facility effortless. |
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Polycarbonate clad bifold door gives hangar an exclusive look
With the decorative star and patriotic blue front it has all the looks of a hangar home that you might think was owned by Captain America. Jim Weitman, of Weitman Excavation in Sherwood, Oregon, and his wife, Star, live on a private grass airstrip just outside of North Plains, Oregon. The hangar portion of the home measures 40' x 40'. The Schweiss bifold liftstrap door on the hangar has a clear opening width of 38' and 9' 8.75" in height. It is also equipped with automatic latches, electric photo eye sensors and a remote opener. |
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'Guide Dogs of America' found way to integrate mission with bifold door
The 16,000 sq. ft. building has a Schweiss glass designer door measuring nearly 42' wide x 11' tall. The glass bifold liftstrap door blends in nicely with the rest of the buildings windows and architecture, so much so that it is hardly noticeable. The glass bifold door on the GDA building lets in ample amounts of daylight and also gives people within the building a great view of the surrounding mountain range. Two top drive electric motors easily lift the heavy door. |
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Schweiss bifold liftstrap door goes on beautiful Texas hangar home
"The liftstraps and automatic latch system are slick. I feel a lot safer with straps than a cable that can snap on me. I have one remote control in the plane and another in the golf cart. I'm opening and closing the door without bending over and pulling a pin," explained Jesse. "I like the aesthetics . . .not all doors are created equal; it's a good balance between beauty and functionality, I think it's a industrial-strength door." |
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Five Schweiss bifold designer doors add to Yankee Stadium off-season enhancements
The largest of the custom-made bifold doors is 27'5” x 11'4,” followed by two 23'4”x9'2” doors and two 21'10” x 9'2” doors. All the doors are fitted with electric photo eye sensors, black liftstraps, manual latches and alike-keyed opening and closing switches. Four of the doors are clad in a high tech brushed aluminum. They finished the facade and the door to basically match itself so when the doors are down they blend in with the facade and don't reveal what's inside. |
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Texas Music Factory looks to Schweiss for seven bifold doors
The Toyota Music Factory in Irving, Texas covers nearly 17 acres and seats 8,000 people indoors and outdoors. Seven Schweiss bifold liftstrap doors, which can be seen in the upper left of this architects rendition, were installed on the Pavilion live stage building. The doors open the concert to 4,000 overflow fans on a grass slope. |
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Hurricane Harvey tries to mess with Schweiss doors
Hangars with Schweiss bifold doors at the Rockport, Texas Airport were virtually undamaged by Hurricane Harvey. Many others next to them were demolished beyond repair |
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One of Tampa's oldest restaurants is revived - this time with Schweiss Bifold designer doors!
His new 4,000 sq. ft. restaurant has four glass-clad Schweiss Bifold Liftstrap designer doors. The largest of these doors is 12'5" x 7'6" tall. Two are 9'1" x 7'6" and the smallest is 6'5" x 7'6". The doors all have electric photo eye sensors, manual latches and one remote that can operate all four doors. The doors were fitted with black liftstraps and also painted with a dark green "fractured" paint old school design to give them the look of having been on the building for years. |
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Canadian hangar developer has 11 Schweiss bifold doors
Gjesdal has a total of 11 Schweiss doors on his hangars built over the past five years. Schweiss bifold liftstrap doors, with automatic strap latches and electric photo eye sensors were placed on his two newest 100' x 167' hangars. The doors vary in width from 57'8" to 50' and in clear opening height from 16'8" to 16'. His older hangars are equipped with six Schweiss 50' x 14' cable lift doors. All these doors also have walkdoors and remote openers. He opted to receive his doorframes painted in red. |
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Strap bifold doors are the premier choice for many hangars at the Waterloo airport
The Waterloo Regional Airport hangars in Waterloo, Iowa are leased by the city to private pilots and corporations. Three of the large hangars have jet aircraft in them; multiple planes, floatplanes, jets and helicopters are stored in other hangars throughout the airport. Two of the hangars are used as maintenance shops. |
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Husky Brigade is off to the sky minutes after pilots hit the open button on their Schweiss doors
Kerr said that along with somewhere around 18 Husky's on the Alpine field, not counting neighboring Husky's from the Double L Ranch and other style aircraft hangared at Alpine Airpark, over 45 of the 58 residents there have Schweiss doors on their hangars each with their own personal style and size to match their mountain vacation homes. |
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Hydraulic door added to mancave dream for helicopter and floatplane pilot
Easy access to the 11,160 sq. ft. hangar in his 80 ft x 152 ft. building is through a quiet-operating 50' x 17' 7.5" Schweiss hydraulic door. The hydraulic pump for the door is mounted out of sight above the rafters to make best use of all available space within the hangar. He also has a remote opener to enable him to open and close the door without having to leave the cockpit. Three 3.5' x 2.5' windows in the door give him optimum use of available light into the in-floor heated hangar and the hydraulic one-piece door, when open, provides a nice shaded canopy. |
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Former airline pilot chooses Schweiss hydraulics for door and lifting garage staircase
Gene Buboltz of Cold Spring, Minn. chose Schweiss Doors to install a small hydraulic door and lifting staircase on his lakehome to give him easy access to all levels of his home. As time progressed he turned this basement room into a rec. room and a place to store his flying memorabilia. |
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RV Bifold garage door was built for performance, designed for style and meeting zoning restrictions
Jay Hare and his wife, Kathy, of North Oaks, a suburb of St. Paul, Minn., had to deal with zoning restrictions on their RV garage door, but with the assistance of Schweiss Doors they were able to work around them. The finished look on their 12' x 16' RV bifold autolatch liftstrap door with remote opener and photo eye sensors gives them a clear opening of 14' but gives the outward appearance of a door half that size in height. |
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Texas aviation high school opens to new type of education with a 49' Schweiss aluminum bifold door
Ross Shaw Sterling Aviation School in Houston, Texas had this 49' 6" x 20' 2" Schweiss bifold liftstrap door placed on its new attached hangar. The custom-made aluminum frame door has galvanized windrails and siderails and a keyed switch entry system. |
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Unique Schweiss glass bifold doors open new Kings stadium entrance
Schweiss Doors engineered and built five one of a kind bifold strap latch doors to be used at the stadium entrance. Three of these doors measured 29' x 41'5" and the other two were 29'4" x 41' 5". Each door is lifted by three 5 h.p. motors and the liftstraps are 6" width, compared to the usual 3" width. The doors, with glass, weigh in at about 28,000 lbs. each. |
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Larry Robbins is a pilot living the dream
Like many young boys dreaming to be licensed pilots, Larry Robbins remembers at the age of six or seven scooting out the front screen door of his parents central Illinois farm house where he grew up to get an overhead glimpse of any and all planes that came within earshot. His love of aviation led him to pursuing a career as an Aeronautical Engineer and his latest job with Bojac Aviation Services. |
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Canadian Forces military base calls on Schweiss for hydraulic and bifold doors
Supplying doors for military bases is nothing new for Schweiss Doors, they've been doing it for years. Although Canadian Forces Base Borden didn't have a need for specialty blastproof doors like other military establishments, a recent building expansion project for its training school called for the use of Schweiss hydraulic and bifold liftstrap doors. |
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U of M physics building has clean room access with a Schweiss bifold door
Star Equipment of Blaine, MN was in charge of installing a 19' 11" x 22' 8" tall Schweiss bifold liftstrap door with automatic latches and electric photo eye sensors on the physics building. The specially designed door has a rather unique application of wide glass panels at the top that nearly surround it all the way to the man door alongside it. This allows as much natural light as possible to enter the building without it being an all-glass clad door. Strong black liftstraps and two top-drive motors open the door quickly and quietly. |
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Federales Mexican restaurant in Chicago features a fully retractable roof and Schweiss bifold doors
Nothing says summer like tacos and tequila. Chicago’s newest sprawling Federales Tequila & Tacos restaurant and bar in the West Loop offers plenty of both. Inspired by Mexico's roadside taco joints, Federales specializes in barbacoa-style tacos, starring such slow-cooked meats as pork belly al pastor and shredded beef brisket, served with warm corn or flour tortillas and taco trimmings. It truly has a vacation atmosphere featuring a fully retractable roof and two Schweiss bifold liftstrap 14' 3" x 14' 8" designer doors that open to beer garden. |
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Hangar with Schweiss bifold door has look of Texas flare
Who needs Europe? Fredericksburg, Texas in the Texas Hill Country, west of Austin and north of San Antonio, might be the next best thing to crossing the Atlantic. The region is lush, colorful and, unlike much of the pancake-flat state, dotted with beautiful green hills that are evocative of Tuscany or the south of France. Towns like Fredericksburg offer a taste of the Old World, with German-style biergartens, schnitzelhauser and a lot of wineries. |
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Big 70-foot hydraulic door opens Tennessee jet hangar
With nine locations in Tennessee and Mississippi Dr. Ron Bingham has an interesting business model requiring aircraft from his hangar in Jackson, Tennessee to visit his satellite clinics in rural areas. |
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