A hanger is what you put your clothes on. You keep your car in a GARage, your airplane in a hanGAR. airplane garage, Virg
On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:54:25 -0500 Larry&Sallie Flesner <fles...@verizon.net> writes: > 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 > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > Post photos, introductions, and For Sale items to > http://www.kr2forum.com/phpBB2/index.php > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > >
