For over 50 years Pyestock was at the forefront of gas turbine development and was almost certainly the largest site of its kind in the world. V bomber, Harrier and Tornado engines were all rigorously tested on site, the power of the air house allowed Concorde's engines to be tested at 2,000 mph, every single gas turbine installed in the Royal Navy were checked here, captured Soviet engines were discretely examined - and all this on terra firma, without a single plane taking off.
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Pyestock was established by DERA (an agency of the MoD) during WWII to test gas turbine engines (including the Concorde engines) under simulated flight conditions.
Pyestock finally closed down in 2002, at present Tesco are trying to get planning permision to build a huge store..
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Pyestock was established by DERA (an agency of the MoD) during WWII to test gas turbine engines (including the Concorde engines) under simulated flight conditions.
Pyestock finally closed down in 2002, at present Tesco are trying to get planning permision to build a huge store..
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For over 50 years Pyestock was at the forefront of gas turbine development and was almost certainly the largest site of its kind in the world. V bomber, Harrier and Tornado engines were all rigorously tested on site, the power of the air house allowed Concorde's engines to be tested at 2,000 mph, every single gas turbine installed in the Royal Navy were checked here, captured Soviet engines were discretely examined - and all this on terra firma, without a single plane taking off.
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