7:32 The aircraft lined up here are ex-French Air Force Dassault MD.452 Mystère IVA fighter bombers. They still carry the French Air Force markings and serials. After being retired by the French in the early 1980s they they ended up at Spadeadam at training range targets. They are laid out to represent an airfield for aircraft range training purposes.
2:59 Ex-East German Air Force Sukhoi Su-22 Fitter. After the collapse of the Soviet Union and East Germany the old East German Air Force came under the control of the unified Germany. This Sukhoi is a Russian fighter-bomber suppled to the then communist East Germany. Lots of former Soviet/Warsaw Pact equipment ended up on training ranges such as Speadeadam. You do realize that Spadeadam is still an active military training area?
It's still used a an RAF air to ground range and they love free moving targets especially ones in grey hoodie's😉
7:32 The aircraft lined up here are ex-French Air Force Dassault MD.452 Mystère IVA fighter bombers. They still carry the French Air Force markings and serials. After being retired by the French in the early 1980s they they ended up at Spadeadam at training range targets. They are laid out to represent an airfield for aircraft range training purposes.
The aircraft at 3:15 is a Sukhoi Su-22 "Fitter", ex-East German Air force. The others are mostly Dassault Mystère IVs, ex-Belgian air force.
8:09 The "bullet" is a blank round. No bullet in the nose but just produces the bang/explosion from the rifle.
Awesome mate, wish i lived closer would love to visit that site
Yeah. Spadeadam is very much an active station.
"We've stumbled across an old, abandoned RAF gunnery range! Wait, what's that's that sound .overhead...?"
3:45 I think these are Pitot Tubes for measurement of airspeed.
I don't know where it is but I'd say it's still in use. Some of that spent amo looks to be quite fresh
It's a fuel drop tank
2:59 Ex-East German Air Force Sukhoi Su-22 Fitter. After the collapse of the Soviet Union and East Germany the old East German Air Force came under the control of the unified Germany. This Sukhoi is a Russian fighter-bomber suppled to the then communist East Germany. Lots of former Soviet/Warsaw Pact equipment ended up on training ranges such as Speadeadam. You do realize that Spadeadam is still an active military training area?
It's not abandoned, it's still used
It's not abandoned and it's still used. Uneducated trespassing