Airport Hanger Wireless Design

I have a client that has a airport hanger 200 ft. by 150 ft with the ceiling being 70 ft high.  I'm thinking of using Cisco AP 2600 series access point  with directional or panel antenna's.  The client will be using VoWLAN all through the hanger, including if they are repairing the tail end of the plane at the top.
Any suggestions/recommendations?

I presume the walls of the hangar are made out of metal corrogated sheet?
You can wall-mount the APs along the three corners of the hangar and floor space (I don't know what kind of sliding door you have so I don't think this will be possible since the middle "slit" for the vertical stablizer.)
Describe the floor?  Is there an fix "island" in the middle somewhere?
I am not keen of putting APs in the middle, by dropping the AP from the roof, because of the vertical stabilizers might get in the way.
I presume the a/c are GA stuff and not friggin, B737 or A310/320 stuff, right?

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