Some years ago at a Saudi Air Base we were tasked with putting a Lightning airframe on display. After much restoration work and much polishing the big day arrived when we tow 219 to its display plinth. Unfortunately when we reached the tech site gate the guard would not let us out! A captain was called then a major then.a colonel but the one stripe guard was immovable! Finally the base commander persuaded the guard to let us proceed. We then had to make a 90 degree turn and with only 8 inches wing tip clearance on each side proceed through the gate which we managed quite well. Then the easy bit...slalom along a Palm tree lined road and park it for lifting onto its plinth the next day. Unfortunately a culvert with a thin layer of tarmac over sand intervened and the port main gear sank. After much cursing a crane lift and copious quantities of p s p we finally parked and checked it for the night. The next morning the same guard was guarding 219 but that's another story!