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Building 47 Site ID No.: 8
Sand Point Naval Air Station
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HISTORY DISTRICT
...Name: Recreation Building
Address: 7110 62nd Ave NE
Entrance
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Building 47 Site ID No.: 8
Sand Point Naval Air Station
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HISTORY DISTRICT
...Name: Recreation Building
Address: 7110 62nd Ave NE
Entrance
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The Recreation Building was dedicated on December 16, 1941. The purpose of the building was to keep enlisted men and officers physically fit through activities like basketball, volleyball, boxing, gymnastics, handball, and wrestling.
2007 google earth image
The building also has a pool, 15 feet deep
at
the deep end to allow for training of flight crews for emergency exit
in a
water crash. The mock
up of a full cockpit including canopy was called the Dilbert Dunker. A crew member
fully clothed in a flight suit,
strapped in was released down rails from about ten feet above the
pool. When the water was struck, the Dilbert Dunker
inverted and the flight crew member scrambled to escape. The building
was
renovated in 2002-2003. Today, the building functions as a community
center,
containing basketball and volleyball courts, a 500-seat theater,
gymnasium, and
offices.
West-Elevation - North Entrance
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North Elevation
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South-East Elevation
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Building 222 - Removed
Vacant Site - 2009 image
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1953 Aerial
