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External Reference
Date 29 November 1990
Event ID 935410
Category Documentary Reference
Type External Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/935410
Air Ministry, circa 1938. Pre-war, Callendar-Hamilton aircraft hangars. Grid
elevations of framed corrugated sheet metal, painted black, supported by
raking struts. Framed, wheeled 2-leaf doors to gable ends with guide rails and eaves girder.
INTERIOR: supported by light steel framework of stanchions and roof
trusses of scissor brace construction. Glazed with single rows of anti-actinic glass.
Hangar 1 was re-clad in 1987-8 to serve as a display area for the Museum of Flight. Hangar II was re-roofed in 1987, currently serving as DAFS stores.
Hangar III was re-roofed in 1984-5 and is also used as DAFS stores.
The Hangars are listed as essential components of the airfield complex, each hangar is accompanied by a nearby barrel-vaulted Nissen Hut, nos 187/17, 188/33, 186/45 and 93/41.
Information from Historic Scotland, 29th November 1990
