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<blockquote data-quote="BikinGlynn" data-source="post: 360759" data-attributes="member: 34253"><p>I have had a good few months exploring so have quite a backlog of pics accumulating so thought Id start with this one. This place is quite baffling (u will laugh later)but is interesting.</p><p> I kinda missed the boat on this one as most of the infamous Prystock is now gone, but the Anechoic Chamber is still in there & in tact. In fact this has been "cleaned up" a fair bit from prev reports.</p><p></p><p>So what is it?</p><p> If you dont know but I suspect most of you do this is (Stolen from WIKI)</p><p>(National Gas Testing Establishment)part of the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), was the prime site in the UK for design and development of gas turbine and jet engines. It was created by merging the design teams of Frank Whittle's Power Jets and the RAE turbine development team run by Hayne Constant. NGTE spent most of its lifetime as a testing and development centre, both for experimental developments and to support commercial engine companies.</p><p></p><p>For over 50 years Pyestock was at the forefront of gas turbine development. It was probably the largest site of its kind in the world. V bomber, Harrier and Tornado engines were tested on site. The power of the air house allowed Concorde's engines to be tested at 2,000 mph. Every gas turbine installed in Royal Navy ships was checked here; captured Soviet engines were discreetly examined.</p><p></p><p>So what is is?</p><p>Its a bloody big concrete box filled with baffles in reality which dosent sound that interesting, however the scale of this place is worth seeing alone, its colossal inside, & combined with the fact the baffling makes it deathly silent with no echoes its an extraordinary place to visit. </p><p> Its also pretty dark & difficult to photograph & this was crammed into a busy day so the pics are not as good as I would of liked but hopefully this will be well recieved.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2h6GKX8" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]254589[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2h6GKX8" target="_blank">IMG_5596</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/149212758@N08/" target="_blank">Bikin Glynn</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2h6HrQ5" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]254590[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2h6HrQ5" target="_blank">IMG_5616</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/149212758@N08/" target="_blank">Bikin Glynn</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2h6Hqjz" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]254591[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2h6Hqjz" target="_blank">IMG_7359</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/149212758@N08/" target="_blank">Bikin Glynn</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2h6ESTU" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]254592[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2h6ESTU" target="_blank">IMG_5626</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/149212758@N08/" target="_blank">Bikin Glynn</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2h6GSGv" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]254593[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2h6GSGv" target="_blank">48634567638_57a1b40fc0_k</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/149212758@N08/" target="_blank">Bikin Glynn</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2h6Hsad" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]254594[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2h6Hsad" target="_blank">IMG_5614</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/149212758@N08/" target="_blank">Bikin Glynn</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2h6EUy7" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]254595[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2h6EUy7" target="_blank">IMG_5612</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/149212758@N08/" target="_blank">Bikin Glynn</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2h6EVdt" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]254596[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2h6EVdt" target="_blank">IMG_5605</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/149212758@N08/" target="_blank">Bikin Glynn</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2h6Hu43" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]254597[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2h6Hu43" target="_blank">IMG_5598</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/149212758@N08/" target="_blank">Bikin Glynn</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2h6EScU" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]254598[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2h6EScU" target="_blank">IMG_7364</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/149212758@N08/" target="_blank">Bikin Glynn</a>, on Flickr</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BikinGlynn, post: 360759, member: 34253"] I have had a good few months exploring so have quite a backlog of pics accumulating so thought Id start with this one. This place is quite baffling (u will laugh later)but is interesting. I kinda missed the boat on this one as most of the infamous Prystock is now gone, but the Anechoic Chamber is still in there & in tact. In fact this has been "cleaned up" a fair bit from prev reports. So what is it? If you dont know but I suspect most of you do this is (Stolen from WIKI) (National Gas Testing Establishment)part of the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), was the prime site in the UK for design and development of gas turbine and jet engines. It was created by merging the design teams of Frank Whittle's Power Jets and the RAE turbine development team run by Hayne Constant. NGTE spent most of its lifetime as a testing and development centre, both for experimental developments and to support commercial engine companies. For over 50 years Pyestock was at the forefront of gas turbine development. It was probably the largest site of its kind in the world. V bomber, Harrier and Tornado engines were tested on site. The power of the air house allowed Concorde's engines to be tested at 2,000 mph. Every gas turbine installed in Royal Navy ships was checked here; captured Soviet engines were discreetly examined. So what is is? Its a bloody big concrete box filled with baffles in reality which dosent sound that interesting, however the scale of this place is worth seeing alone, its colossal inside, & combined with the fact the baffling makes it deathly silent with no echoes its an extraordinary place to visit. Its also pretty dark & difficult to photograph & this was crammed into a busy day so the pics are not as good as I would of liked but hopefully this will be well recieved. [url=https://flic.kr/p/2h6GKX8][ATTACH=full]254589[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2h6GKX8]IMG_5596[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/149212758@N08/]Bikin Glynn[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2h6HrQ5][ATTACH=full]254590[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2h6HrQ5]IMG_5616[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/149212758@N08/]Bikin Glynn[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2h6Hqjz][ATTACH=full]254591[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2h6Hqjz]IMG_7359[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/149212758@N08/]Bikin Glynn[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2h6ESTU][ATTACH=full]254592[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2h6ESTU]IMG_5626[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/149212758@N08/]Bikin Glynn[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2h6GSGv][ATTACH=full]254593[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2h6GSGv]48634567638_57a1b40fc0_k[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/149212758@N08/]Bikin Glynn[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2h6Hsad][ATTACH=full]254594[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2h6Hsad]IMG_5614[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/149212758@N08/]Bikin Glynn[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2h6EUy7][ATTACH=full]254595[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2h6EUy7]IMG_5612[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/149212758@N08/]Bikin Glynn[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2h6EVdt][ATTACH=full]254596[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2h6EVdt]IMG_5605[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/149212758@N08/]Bikin Glynn[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2h6Hu43][ATTACH=full]254597[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2h6Hu43]IMG_5598[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/149212758@N08/]Bikin Glynn[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2h6EScU][ATTACH=full]254598[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2h6EScU]IMG_7364[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/149212758@N08/]Bikin Glynn[/url], on Flickr [/QUOTE]
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