Originally Posted by
mustbeaboeing
I am intrigued as to the purpose of the 'second line' of hangars, being called 22, 24 etc. As they are away from the grass airfield line. Were they built for the construction of aircraft / components, rather than the storage of aeroplanes ? As they were no doubt called in those days
Hangar 24 has been used for airport vehicle maintenance for many years(since at least before 1990) on the ground floor anyhow.
Going inside there was storage in an upper level for Monarch aircraft spares, mainly BAC1-11 and Boeing 720 spares, this was at least whilst I worked for monarch between 1989 and 1999.
I believe in the very early days the Hangar was owned by Percival’s and Jet Provosts were assembled there.