1st Post, RAF West Raynham. Pic heavy

So last Monday me and a mate went to RAF West Raynham. It's a massive disused base that's currently in the process of re-development so was perfect for a sneaky photo day.*
Anyway here are some of the pictures I took:
The missile training dome

And inside
Inside hanger 3, unfortunately it was locked but we found a way to the first floor offices and a little window

Nice V12 engine

Few close up randoms



Open just for us

Inside hanger 4 we found this


Top Gun styley





Outlook over Hanger 4 and the missile dome

Hangers 1 and 2

The Heavy bombing control tower, one of only 4 built and 3 remaining in the UK

Inside




Not used since 1994

Overlooking hangers 3 and 4 from the top of the bombing tower


All geared up

Inside the runway Fire Station


And finally the Airmens mess and H blocks either side, unfortunately they were too close to workmen and people who live in the re-developed houses but I will go back early one morning to get some more pictures of them

Apologies if the pictures have been reduced, Photobucket didn't like the bug files.*

A very good day, we spent over 4 hours on the base and didn't get caught, the only trouble we encountered was the bombing tower door was locked and boarded up and the loads of sheep that were on the way into the base.*

Thanks

Very good shots indeed particularly the inside of the dome.Well done.

Thanks mate

Nice shots an interesting new take

Good stuff, looks like you got round quite a bit.

nice work great report
i loved it there

Wow, excellent first post! Great photos
Well done for getting to all the juicy bits too! I'd forgotten about that boat!

A STONKING first report Tanner !! Great photography and an interesting write up as well !! Will hopefully get here one day.Now where is my chauffeur..................?

Thanks everyone, Your feedback is much appreciated

Tanner said:

Top Gun styley

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Wow! I hope somebody's still looking after that aircraft. It's a Fairchild PT-19 Cornell and there aren't too many of them around. It's real registration is N33870 and it's had various owners including Reading Aero Club. Most recent info I can find on it is that it belongs (belonged) to the Classic Flying Machine Collection who intended to restore it to airworthy condition.

J

great shots there dude, nice place too

Tanner said:

the only trouble we encountered was the bombing tower door was locked and boarded up ( now undone just needs pushing )

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So you broke into the control tower?

krela said:

So you broke into the control tower?

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Sorry, Krela...I just edited that bit out before I saw your post, lol. Yeh, I wondered that, too.

krela said:

So you broke into the control tower?

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Not really broke in, just undone the door

So you broke in.

I didn't break anything so no, I didn't break in thankyou.

Yes, you did. By your own admission you used force to get in somewhere you could not have got into otherwise. That is the definition of breaking in.

At no point did I say I used force or did I say I broke anything. From them inside the door is just a regular door catch which I turned, didn't break!!

Thankyou for your very helpful input though.

Nice back-pedalling, that's not even close to what you originally said though and even if that is all you did that would still be considered breaking and entering in the eyes of the law. It's also a really stupid idea posting it on a public forum which both security companies and the police regularly read.

Drop the attitude, it's not welcome here.

nice pics dude

i fail to see where he's had an attitude though...