MarkR
October 22nd, 2006, 19:42
well after getting busted at Whitecroft and 4 ROC posts that all went wrong got up to see the High down rocket testing site.
great place to explore this., highly recommended if your on the IOW.
info taken from Oxygen Thief's report back in March.
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=771
'In 1955, an Isle of Wight company (Saunders-Roe) based in East Cowes was awarded a contract for the building of the Black Knight Sounding Rocket to study the effects of when a vehicle re-enters the atmosphere at high speed. Initially, this was to design a re-entry vehicle for the Blue Streak warhead, but the programme broadened out into a wider research programme after the cancellation of Blue Streak in April 1960.
Saunders-Roe built a motor test site at High Down on the Isle of Wight and used this site to test the kerosene and hydrogen peroxide liquid propelled Armstrong-Siddeley Gamma 201 & 301 engines.'
Theres a few bits and bobs that are accessable at the launch site. The pump room is open and still has the armoured glass in place, albeit broken.
The battery itself was converted to workshops and labs and these are not accessable. '
great place to explore this., highly recommended if your on the IOW.
info taken from Oxygen Thief's report back in March.
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=771
'In 1955, an Isle of Wight company (Saunders-Roe) based in East Cowes was awarded a contract for the building of the Black Knight Sounding Rocket to study the effects of when a vehicle re-enters the atmosphere at high speed. Initially, this was to design a re-entry vehicle for the Blue Streak warhead, but the programme broadened out into a wider research programme after the cancellation of Blue Streak in April 1960.
Saunders-Roe built a motor test site at High Down on the Isle of Wight and used this site to test the kerosene and hydrogen peroxide liquid propelled Armstrong-Siddeley Gamma 201 & 301 engines.'
Theres a few bits and bobs that are accessable at the launch site. The pump room is open and still has the armoured glass in place, albeit broken.
The battery itself was converted to workshops and labs and these are not accessable. '