Mind your table manners!
(Republished from the 18 September 1985 issue of The Voxair)
CFB Winnipeg engineers tackled a problem that required the move of the Air Command Headquarters conference room table from its old lodgings in Building No. 2 to new digs in the new Headquarters building under construction.
It had to be done while there were a few unsealed openings in the new building, to permit access.
First step was to remove a section of inner wall in the old Second World War-vintage building to get the hulking table on its way. Next requirement was to get it outdoors and load the 6.5 metre (22-foot) long object on a flat-bed truck to move it 300 metres (328 yards) to its new home.
A crane was used to hoist the 250 kg (551 Ib) object to its new, third floor destination.
Now, if only that table could talk, a best-selling book would hit the market. The author, however, likely would have to enjoy his earnings surrounded by bars, as in a cell block.
The new Air Command Headquarters structure is scheduled to be ready for occupancy in mid-1986.
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