Since a Beech 18’s wheels do not fully retract into the fuselage, it was just a matter of using jacks & other material to lift the a/c high enough to drop & lock
CF-TAV transair' inaugural flight CYWG/CYYL fly-by (service prior to this was via Hawker Siddely HS 748’s). I was working day shift Monday-Friday at Sherritt Gordon Mines 1972-1976). foto May 1976 .