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Location DB > England > Hampshire > Farnborough > National Gas Turbine Establishment
 Name
National Gas Turbine Establishment
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 Database Info
created by Jondoe_264 on 4/24/2006 3:00 PM
last modified by mookster on 5/3/2015 10:21 AM
 Viewability
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This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
 Overview
 Description
Widely regarded as the best urbex location ever to come out of the UK, sadly now nothing exists except memories and photos. A massive, sprawling jet engine testing and development facility where engines including Concorde's were ran at full power during their development.
 Basic Information
Type: Building
Status: Demolished
Accessibility: Difficult
Recommendation: forget it - totally demolished
 Physical Information
Address
Bramshot Lane
Farnborough, Hampshire
England
Owner:
 Hazards
  • asbestos
  • rust
  • water
  •  Interesting Features
    The eight turbines of the Air House which supplied high speed air currents to the test cells. The enormous Cell 4 where the Concorde engines were tested. The underground Cell 3. The massive blue pipes which snaked through the site to the various buildings. The entire place!!
     Security Measures
  • fences
  • barbed wire
  • dogs
  • 24 hour guard
  • locked gates
  •  Historical Dates
    Built: 1936
    Closed: 2005
     Required Equipment
  • flashlight
  • breathing mask
  • gloves
  • long pants / sleeves
  •  Recommended Equipment

     History
    Text copied from A Brief History of the aviation centre of England

    In 1918 the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) was founded and aviation development continued on the site. In 1936 on a site next to the RAE in Farnborough the company Power Jets Ltd was started by Sir Frank Whittle for the research and development of gas turbine technology. This was renamed as the National Gas Turbine Establishment (NTGE) Pyestock in 1946 and worked alongside the RAE in pioneering aircraft development. The RAE was the site of the historic development of Concorde and the testing of the Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 engines took place at Pyestock. The two sites were finally unified in 1982 when the NGTE became RAE Pyestock. The RAE remained in existence in Farnborough until 1991 when it became the Defence Research Agency (DRA) and broadened its horizons beyond the world of aviation. There was a name change again in 1995 when it became the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) and in 2002 the MOD officially let go of most of the agency as a new company called QinetiQ but kept a small portion as DSTL.

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    One Man Trip
    Mon, Apr 24th, 2006
    posted by Jondoe_264
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    Sun, Jun 17th, 2007
    posted by nel58
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     Panoramas

    Air House 360
    Mon, Apr 24th, 2006
    posted by Jondoe_264
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    Photography 7 / 10
    Coolness 10 / 10
    Content Quality 8 / 10
     Validation
    This location's validation is current. It was last validated by Mike Dijital on 5/11/2015 3:31 PM.

     Latest Changes
  • on May 11 15 at 15:31, Mike Dijital validated this location
  • on May 3 15 at 10:21, mookster changed the following: Interesting Features
  • on May 3 15 at 10:18, mookster changed the following: Street Address, Status, Accessibility, Recommendation, Future Plans, Description
  • on Aug 12 07 at 0:29, Emperor Wang validated this location
  • on Jul 7 07 at 21:38, nel58 updated gallery picture older.JPG
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