At St.Mawgan both Mk2 and Mk3s were put into the hangars sideways, on the Mk2 the tail wheel was skewed around by positioning it on the two greased plates. On the Mk3 the nosewheel steering had to be disconnected to allow the nosewheel assmbly to be moved 90 degrees on the same two Ali plates. They both had the same problem with the wingspan not fitting into the hangers. The Mk3 height was not a problem. As a member of ASF in 402 hangar during the sixties I must have done that move hundreds of times!
When they built the new "Nimrod" hangar 404 we were not allowed to put our dirty old Shackletons in it. It was finished well ahead of the Nimrod entry into service so sat empty for more than a year. One memorable night we were given warning of a large storm approaching and duly told to put as many of our T4s in as possible. Come morning the day shift couln't work how so many aircraft could have been fitted in to the hangar and couldn't get them out. Eventually the
SEO had to get the nightshift SNCO out of bed to remove them!
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