Predannack Airfield opened it's gates for the first time in decades to the general public. I was one of a few people on an official tour put on by RNAS Culdrose, Predannacks parent station.
We visited a few areas including the following:
Barnes Wallis Ramp: used in the 1950's to test "Wild Goose" and "Swallow" variable geometry models
Then a look around some old airframes, this looked a bit like an aircraft graveyard of sorts, but all airframes are put to good use for crew rescue/crash training etc.
Air Traffic Control Tower, a quick tour of the tower and associated spaces.
Finally a crash/fire exercise from the Royal Navy school of Flight Deck Handling
(Apologies for the way the images are randomly added by the blogger programme)
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| Sea King MK5 |
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| Wessex MK3 |
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| Canberra Bomber rear crew space |
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| Canberra Bomber |
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| Dominee T1 |
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| Sea King MK6 |
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| Sepecat Jaguar |
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| Sea Harrier FA2 |
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| RAF Harrier GR3 |
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| Jetstream T2 |
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| Predannack Air Traffic Control |
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| Firefighters attack the flames from the exercise crash/fire |
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| Fire-fighting |
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| Fire Fighter |
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| Royal Navy Fire Tender |
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| Aircraft crash/fire exercise |
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Barnes Wallis test ramp
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| Fire Tender arrives at the fire exercise |
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