LGW - Hangar 1 Demolition
May 2013
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It was spotted recently that work had started on the demolition of Hangar 1 at Gatwick. This was the first hangar built at the new Gatwick Airport and was commissioned and built for Transair in readiness for their move from Croydon Airport; when it closed.
The planning process for the new hangar started in 1956 and it was opened in May 1958. The 38,000 sq foot hangar could accommodate two or three aircraft and had 40,000sq feet of office and workshops next door. It also had unique features like a lowering floor to enable their Viscounts to be lowered for easier maintenance access, with pits for the propellers to lower into too. By the 8th June 1958 all of Transair's 400 staff and all their aircraft had made the move from Croydon. The new Gatwick Airport was officially opened the next day.
The hangar had one side facing the runway and terminals so all the names were displayed over the years, Transair, British United and of course British Caledonian. Latterly she had BA along the side, and 55 years after being built their name was on the side when the demolition crews arrived.
My thanks to Nick Higson for taking all of the photos, in good and bad weather, and for chronicling another piece of history.
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Its not quite the end, small sections of the Hangar remain as of the 31st May 2013 and we are not sure why they have stopped.
More as we find out
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