NGTE Pyestock, first visit 2007 - klempner69

NGTE Pyestock, first visit 2007

This former Jet Engine Test facility is situated in Farnborough, Hants.Sir Frank Whittle was one of the founders of this facility forming a company called Power Jets,which naturally developed jet propulsion..Pyestock underwent many transformations through the decades incorporating Cell 4 which was used to test Concorde`s Olympas engines.Cell 3 West could be used to house a working helicopter,minus rotors of course..various conditions were simulated to push the engines to their limits.I visited first on 1st April 2007,and have been hooked ever since!

NGTE,stands for National Gas Turbine Establishment.

We get under the fence near the mobile phone mast in the woods near number 10 exhauster...
Taking a look around before we go in...cell 3 west beckons
Our tour starts inside number 10 exhauster and goes on to Cell3 West.
Inside number 10 exhauster
Up in the control room of number 10 exhauster
This just appealed to me....I think it is part of a valve.
The bottle was empty
Parsons steam turbine.
Up in the crane
Looking down from gantry
View from the catwalk
Notice Board
Crane
Staff Khazi
Moving out to see the big pipes!
This housed the bushes of the turbines
End of the turbine
I just clicked at everything..no idea what this did
Some pressure vessels
Section of the famous blue exhaust pipe we will soon be seeing a lot of
Near Cell 3 West
Number 10 exhauster building
Going inside Cell 3 West, plenum chamber.
The other half of Cell 3 West