Rae Bedford..3x3 wind tunnel hall

After checking a site early on to see it was half demolished me and rubex headed to Rae Bedford.its a place I have wanted to see for a long time.sadly the 8x8 hall was sealed.or we could not find the way.but we did hit the slightly smaller 3x3 hall,which is still huge and comparing pics from both sites this one looks more photogenic and with far more decay.but I will be keeping an eye out on the other as it would still be nice to see it.

Rae Bedford was an aircraft testing site from 1946 to 1994 when it shut down..they tested planes on the runway.and had a catapult runway which was then later used on aircraft carriers.the wind tunnels of which there was several on site where powered by there own power station.the noise was said to be heard around the area when they were started up.the tunnels and a lot of the equipment has been stripped now,but it was still a fascinating wander around for me,you could see money was spent in these places with the lovely flooring and even the lovely wood doors to the toilets.i loved all the round skylights around the building.

The main hall from the outside













The control room





Some paper work in the control room















The main wind tunnel hall.





Elevated view of the wind tunnel hall.

Good work there, excellent pics

Looks really interesting. Thanks for posting.

Nice one Mikeymutt great pictures!

anything with linda lusardi in it has got to be good

thorfrun said:

anything with linda lusardi in it has got to be good

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I liked that Mikey, Thanks

Terrible report. Just awful. You should be banned....

Ha ha! Thats epic mate! How have you only put one of them up on FB?! I'd be happy to have any of those up on my wall. That control room! Absolutely stunning set mate, very jealous!

Ha ha Mr x do not be bitter because we got in..seriously the decay in here is stunning..I will be posting the full album tomorrow.that control room is lovely

Well captured, looks like you've done it justice.

Konrad said:

Well captured, looks like you've done it justice.

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Thank you konrad

I like to control room complete with old-fashioned TV, reminds me of an episode in Thunderbirds.

Completely stunning set Mikey.

what a cracking place and well shot.

Amazing how is left and how well it's survived.Cracking images,thanks for showing

A bit of a struggle to say how good this is.