RAF Predannack, aircraft awaiting the scrapheap

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chaoticreason

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RAF Predannack built in 1940 was originally used in the 2nd World War as a base to protect the neaby ports of Penzance and Falmouth.
It is a satelite base of RAF Culdrose and is now used for traning purposes,particularly helicopter training and firefighting practice.There is a glider club on the site and a model aircraft club.
Here are a lot of photos.I got a bit carried away as you may well imagine you can actually get into a couple of the planes wich is a real good bonus to an excellent little expedition.
Photos taken early 2010.
I am no expert on plane identification so if anyone knows the names of the aircraft please let me know.

English Electric Canbera WT308
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Canbera with a sad Sea King
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As above.
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The next six Pictures are of a Dominie
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Two shots of a Harrier GR3 not the same one as in the later shots.
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Sea Harrier FRS2
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What a beast of an air intake! Harrier GR3
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Harrier GR3
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Sea Harrier FRS2 with a Harrier GR3 too the right
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Harrier GR3
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Sea Harrier FRS2
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Sea Harrier FRS2 with a Harrier GR3 too the right
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Westland Wessex
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These six pictures are of the Harrier T4 (two seat trainer version of Harrier)
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Bloody Great photos mate. I will attempt to Ident the planes for you. There was English Electric Canberra in the first two shots, the one with the engines in the middle of the wing. A Lockheed Learjet by the look of it, a very sad looking Sea King Helicopter or otherwise known as a Sikorsky S 61 N. The other Heliicopter was a much older Westland Wessex. Also I could see a Jaguar Sepecat like the ones that used to fly from RAF Coltishall just up the road from me, and Harrier Jumpjets I think! Hope that helps a bit!!
 
Cheers for that my good man.
my mate guessed the Harrier's but we were lost for any of the others.
The cockpit shot is of a harrier.There were a couple of other planes and lots of wrecked helicopters all looking very sad that I now wish I had taken photos of anyway.
Probably go back there soon so will get some shots inside the planes and of the ones I missed.
We were just a bit to excited too take it all in properly.They don't let you mess around with planes quite like we did that day in a museum.:)
 
Nice set of shots. It is unusual to see the Harriers with the Pegasus engine still in place. The Canberra is WT308 which operated from Boscombe Down in the 80's. I have a picture on my site www.airshowspast.fotopic.net of the sister of this aircraft WT309 landing at Boscombe in the mid 80's. The biz jet type aircraft is a Dominie which was used to train RAF navigators. This was a military version of the HS125 Biz Jet.
 
Oops!

It has taken me this long to find out there is already a post on RAF Pendannack,I even ran a search for Pendannack which yielded nothing,I don't know how it stands on this forum with posting the same locations as other people.
Personally I would love to see other peoples take on a place,especially as time is forever changing it.
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Basically if it's a separate visit then a new thread is absolutely fine, however if 4 people go along on the same visit we would prefer it if all 4 people posted on one single thread etc..
 

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