It is also home to an RAF Gliding School unit and the Royal Naval School of Fire Fighting, which holds a number of dummy aircraft for fire extinguishing practice, together with a number of retired airframes for personnel rescue practice, such as this disused Westland Wessex (right).
As most of you know this is a live site so not the sort of place you want to get caught, but no such dramas occured.
Its a bit pic heavy but Iv tried to keep them a bit different.
After a short period of experimental use by Vickers under the supervision of Barnes Wallis around 1951, the base was taken over by the Royal Navy on 15 Dec 1958.
Finally I should mention how nice the moors are around here, being a bit of a wildlife photographer it gave me the chance to combine hobbies.
So of no interest to most of you but here is a pair of whitethroats & stonechat in one pic, which is something Id never achieved before
Thats all from here, thanks for looking