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The Air House Engine Test Facility
Air flow diagrams
Description of Olympus (Concorde) engine testing
The pictures below are © Simon Cornwell and used with his permission. Many more may be seen at www.ngte.co.uk.
The Air House with its ranks of electric motors and compressors.
The Parsons steam turbine in No. 10 exhauster building
A Parsons steam turbine. A similar machine spun the Air House’s electric motors up to mains synchronous speed, and part of the control system.
At low level and outside, some serious plumbing.

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