The UK has an aircraft fuel national grid. I believe every RAF station and most if not all major civilian airports are connected to it. There are massive underground storage tanks distributed around the grid. Hopefully this airfield was disconnected. It is a massive system installed circa WW2. Refineries connect directly to it to pump in fuel. The other end can come out at individual stands for aircraft. Pipelines were even laid from the UK into France (After D Day) so UK forces could refuel quickly with no vulnerable tankers crossing the channel.
Thanks for posting this. I was USAF Fuels and I'm amazed how similar the pumphouses and other equipment is to our stuff. As others have said, F-34 is jet fuel (JP-8 if I remember correctly). That other one, FSII, is Fuel System Icing Inhibitor. Basically fuel antifreeze, and NASTY stuff! The smaller buried tanks, with gravel over them, were most likely your ground fuels: gasoline, diesel, and heating oil. In the pumphouse, the large cylinders in the piping are your filters (that smaller on you looked in? Same as the big ones, just a different configuration), and the brass piston gauge was your Differential Pressure, or DP, gauge. It measured the pressure of the fuel going in in relation to the pressure of the fuel going out. Yep, I've railed on long enough. Who Da Hell?! P.O.L.!
A very similar diesel generator deep underground last year, long decommissioned, and the same hand prime diesel pump. Like you, I couldn't resist,,,,, huge surprise as diesel started flowing into the fuel pump tank!!
Very interesting explore! That generator at the end was an incredible find! It looked like a time capsule, just left exactly as it was the day they left the base! It actually looked in very good condition, I'll bet with some fresh batteries that would start right up! 👍😎⚠️
As usual, I find all this exploring business fascinating, also I like the way you leave everything the way you find it , and the commentary is excellent, thanks guys, Mike West Bromwich
At the about the 7 min. mark is in fact a pump house. The taller bits are filters and that long opened bit looked like a heater, none of which was much different than what we used in the Navy.
From 31:40 onwards it’s part of the fuel cut off system it’s a weighted line that keeps valve open in event of a fire heat melts the wires releasing the weight cuts off fuel supply, I do a lot of work in pump stations with back up generators see loads of them.
Those lights would possibly be intrinsic lights so as not to produce any spark that could ignite a fire in a potentially highly flammable/explosive environment should there be a fuel spill.
Before this i got to have a look at the officers mess and sergeants mess along with the control tower,theres a few pics of them on my Instagram but fortunately the officers mess has since been refurbished
IKS_STEVE Hi Steve this is the first I’ve seen of the place in years such a shame, I took a friend there when it was still active and watched the cats landing and taking off. When I heard it was going to be a prison that and the houses went for a song it finished me, my fathers base has gone to the developers too. Those places you went in was the refuelling station they were the pumps and the filters for the fuel. Also the shower you saw you used to stand on the plate and it would shower you in water, it was a decontamination shower used if you got covered in fuel. The bowsers would fill up from there and then go fill the jets, those big walls you see are the blast screens when loading ordinance on the jets take care mate 👍🏻😄🇬🇧🍻
Was it CO2 or Halon? I was a security guard for Bethlehem Steel years ago they had rooms protected with Halon systems there was a Alarm that told people they had seconds to leave the room before the system would evacuate the Halon tanks, if you stayed it was all over Halon isn't Toxic itself but it removes the Oxegen and would suffercat you quickly. I have a Green Halon. Fire extinguisher that was made in the UK they are not allowed in the USA any more (mine is technically grandfathered in)
AVTUR FSII is Aviation Turbine, Fuel Systems Icing Inhibitor. See, and they said that Fuel supervisor Course I did when I was in the Army would be no use in Civvi Street haha
That generator is a Doorman, as Chris says, are great engines. My late father had one in one of his trawlers when I was a kid, the sound from the exhaust sounded like the music to "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer. They used to have a works in Lewisham, if I remember well. I've no idea if the company is still trading
I live very close to a jet fuel storage cite, and all the tanks are underground. I used to sample and test them. All around it are refineries and other fuel storage places, and this place looks like a few empty fields.
Well the amazing thing is, it's all in remarkably good condition as someone pointed out. Decommissioned perhaps, but not forgotten. Anyhow, couldn't help giggling every time I saw the F34, my aircraft ran on that when I served.. Heres a freely accessible snippet of NATO info..online, Chapter 15: Fuels, Oils, Lubricants and Petroleum Handling Equipment Annex A Aide Memoire on Fuels in NATO AVIATION FUELS NATO CODE F-18is an aviation gasoline (low lead) in limited use by certain NATO nations. Also known as AVGAS 100LL.F-34is a military kerosene type aviation turbine fuel with Fuel System Icing Inhibitor (FSII) (NOTE 1) used by land based military gas turbine engined aircraft in all NATO countries. (NOTE 2) Also known as JP-8 or AVTUR/FSII. JET A-1 or AVTUR + Additives (NOTE 3) = JP-8 or AVTUR/FSII. Cheers IKS
F-34 is a NATO code for US military JP-8 fuel with fuel system icing inhibitor (FSII). (Jet Propellant 8). Jet fuel. In your video placarded as "AVTUR/FSII, F-34." Means aviation turbine fuel, with fuel system icing inhibitor, jet propellant 8.
Fire suppression is usually Halon. The containment walls are to keep any fuel spills out of the environment. Just as well the tank lid was bolted down I doubt they had been vented after emptying. entering would probably have killed you. PS all lamp posts are numbered - look at the one outside your house.
The date on the Electricity t work Act sign is the date of the act not the date it was put up. Eery sub station has to have one in a prominent position alont with various others.
In The Netherlands at a place called Den Bosch there are bunkers like the ones you are asking if anyone rents and they hold festivals on the land and different bunkers have different music and djs.
Another great video full of Holden gems , Ian it was funny when you picked up the phone and said it’s Hell On Earth because on today’s Hell on Earth Video , Nortan picks up the phone and says it’s Ian He’s better now he’s not hanging round Chris !!!
I’m assuming you are at RAF Coltishall, I used to live down the road in Buxton and watch the Jaguars on finals.... the fuel store on site revived supplies by pipeline from a rail head at Hethersett. Think this shite has also been decommissioned and the fuel bunkers demolished looking at google earth.
You might want to be extra careful at this site - part of it has been repurposed as a prison. That might be the reason for the helicopter. Most of the site is tech/commercial. A great many people were saddened when the site was closed by the M.O.D.
Yes .. too much in the open. Although opening a hatch if it wasn't locked is still a big risk. No way of knowing if the tank is emptied and properly vented.. and what kind of fumes there might puff out on your face.
ooh!! a BFI. not seen one of them since the 90's. in laymens terms just a big petrol station. no x file mysteries here. awakened a few memory's though.
Not really. Which grade are you referring to? Maybe some of the additives in certain grades could be, but Jet A-1 or Avtur isn't known for being highly carcinogenic. I have had a couple of pretty bad soakings over the years, and although it is unpleasant and pretty hazardous. Being a carcinogen would be the least of your worries... But as I said, it isn't classed as one as far as COSHH data sheets show. Touching a little bit that has been laying around for years is fine, just don't drink it.
The UK has an aircraft fuel national grid. I believe every RAF station and most if not all major civilian airports are connected to it. There are massive underground storage tanks distributed around the grid. Hopefully this airfield was disconnected. It is a massive system installed circa WW2. Refineries connect directly to it to pump in fuel. The other end can come out at individual stands for aircraft. Pipelines were even laid from the UK into France (After D Day) so UK forces could refuel quickly with no vulnerable tankers crossing the channel.
Thanks for posting this. I was USAF Fuels and I'm amazed how similar the pumphouses and other equipment is to our stuff. As others have said, F-34 is jet fuel (JP-8 if I remember correctly). That other one, FSII, is Fuel System Icing Inhibitor. Basically fuel antifreeze, and NASTY stuff! The smaller buried tanks, with gravel over them, were most likely your ground fuels: gasoline, diesel, and heating oil. In the pumphouse, the large cylinders in the piping are your filters (that smaller on you looked in? Same as the big ones, just a different configuration), and the brass piston gauge was your Differential Pressure, or DP, gauge. It measured the pressure of the fuel going in in relation to the pressure of the fuel going out.
Yep, I've railed on long enough. Who Da Hell?! P.O.L.!
some planes dont need fuel ...wink wink say know more say know more ._.. ... ._..
I had to laugh: "Its bloody sunny, its bad when its like this". A very rare comment here in the UK.
A very similar diesel generator deep underground last year, long decommissioned, and the same hand prime diesel pump. Like you, I couldn't resist,,,,, huge surprise as diesel started flowing into the fuel pump tank!!
Very interesting explore! That generator at the end was an incredible find! It looked like a time capsule, just left exactly as it was the day they left the base!
It actually looked in very good condition, I'll bet with some fresh batteries that would start right up! 👍😎⚠️
As usual, I find all this exploring business fascinating, also I like the way you leave everything the way you find it , and the commentary is excellent, thanks guys, Mike West Bromwich
Thanks for your support folk :)
Real nice. The generator, cool find !
Managed to pick up some of the landing lights from there at auction a few years ago.
My company used to supply that type of lighting, it is Zone 0 for explosive areas. Definately fuel pumping. very interesting
At the about the 7 min. mark is in fact a pump house. The taller bits are filters and that long opened bit looked like a heater, none of which was much different than what we used in the Navy.
From 31:40 onwards it’s part of the fuel cut off system it’s a weighted line that keeps valve open in event of a fire heat melts the wires releasing the weight cuts off fuel supply, I do a lot of work in pump stations with back up generators see loads of them.
Those lights would possibly be intrinsic lights so as not to produce any spark that could ignite a fire in a potentially highly flammable/explosive environment should there be a fuel spill.
My old base nice one lads but look at it full of mirrors sad 😔 had some good times there 👍🏻😄🍻🇬🇧
Before this i got to have a look at the officers mess and sergeants mess along with the control tower,theres a few pics of them on my Instagram but fortunately the officers mess has since been refurbished
IKS_STEVE
Hi Steve this is the first I’ve seen of the place in years such a shame, I took a friend there when it was still active and watched the cats landing and taking off. When I heard it was going to be a prison that and the houses went for a song it finished me, my fathers base has gone to the developers too. Those places you went in was the refuelling station they were the pumps and the filters for the fuel. Also the shower you saw you used to stand on the plate and it would shower you in water, it was a decontamination shower used if you got covered in fuel. The bowsers would fill up from there and then go fill the jets, those big walls you see are the blast screens when loading ordinance on the jets take care mate 👍🏻😄🇬🇧🍻
Hi guys, a nice look around at some cool historic area's. Thanks for sharing. x
Was it CO2 or Halon? I was a security guard for Bethlehem Steel years ago they had rooms protected with Halon systems there was a Alarm that told people they had seconds to leave the room before the system would evacuate the Halon tanks, if you stayed it was all over Halon isn't Toxic itself but it removes the Oxegen and would suffercat you quickly. I have a Green Halon. Fire extinguisher that was made in the UK they are not allowed in the USA any more (mine is technically grandfathered in)
AVTUR FSII is Aviation Turbine, Fuel Systems Icing Inhibitor. See, and they said that Fuel supervisor Course I did when I was in the Army would be no use in Civvi Street haha
@@zeberdee1972 Nope lol
I missed the opportunity to have a look around that ex base, probably the best base to see jets take off and land..
Perhaps consider not vaping as you walk round fuel storage areas, they might be empty of liquid but the likelihood of fumes is high...
That generator is a Doorman, as Chris says, are great engines. My late father had one in one of his trawlers when I was a kid, the sound from the exhaust sounded like the music to "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer. They used to have a works in Lewisham, if I remember well. I've no idea if the company is still trading
No I've just remembered it was in Stretham
Finished it up with a cup of tea, to bad #1 fan isn't there to cheers with you.
I live very close to a jet fuel storage cite, and all the tanks are underground. I used to sample and test them. All around it are refineries and other fuel storage places, and this place looks like a few empty fields.
Well the amazing thing is, it's all in remarkably good condition as someone pointed out. Decommissioned perhaps, but not forgotten.
Anyhow, couldn't help giggling every time I saw the F34, my aircraft ran on that when I served..
Heres a freely accessible snippet of NATO info..online,
Chapter 15: Fuels, Oils, Lubricants and
Petroleum Handling Equipment
Annex A
Aide Memoire on Fuels in NATO
AVIATION FUELS
NATO CODE
F-18is an aviation gasoline (low lead) in limited use by certain NATO nations. Also known as AVGAS 100LL.F-34is a military kerosene type aviation turbine fuel with Fuel System Icing Inhibitor (FSII) (NOTE 1) used by land based military gas turbine engined aircraft in all NATO countries. (NOTE 2) Also known as JP-8 or AVTUR/FSII.
JET A-1 or AVTUR + Additives (NOTE 3) = JP-8 or AVTUR/FSII.
Cheers IKS
1:30 "Are these the original lights..look?" Nah, somebody put them up after the base was abandoned just for the fun of it lol...
Like that one folks 👍 that gen room though👌 needs keeping intact. Don't forget about [nma or rttw] 👈👍
Ur #1 fan from Tx reporting in.
This was a good Generator video Thanks folks!!!; )
Jullie vinden altijd 100% de mooiste Plekken op groetjes uit Holland.
F-34 is a NATO code for US military JP-8 fuel with fuel system icing inhibitor (FSII). (Jet Propellant 8). Jet fuel. In your video placarded as "AVTUR/FSII, F-34." Means aviation turbine fuel, with fuel system icing inhibitor, jet propellant 8.
Tarmac runway fortunately not covered by solar panels as yet at this location.just in case of emergency use by the Ministry.great video as always
Yep and a few others like that,and for nato
Watching you guys ducking security Patrols keeps me on the edge of my seat!
AVTUR also known as JP8 ( jet fuel) FSII means it contains an anti icing additive.
1974 dang I was 4 years old. Nice to see the gen and batteries intacted
Intrinsically Safe lights and other fittings - can be used in environments where any risk of a spark could ignite gases, vapours etc.
Richard Hope they’re Exd/flameproof not intrinsically safe.
When are you folks going back to that flooded bunker of battery todt with waders to see whats in there ?
This year folks will be sorted very soon ;)
Fire suppression is usually Halon. The containment walls are to keep any fuel spills out of the environment. Just as well the tank lid was bolted down I doubt they had been vented after emptying. entering would probably have killed you. PS all lamp posts are numbered - look at the one outside your house.
Chris loves a good fiddle with those old knobs!.. 😂💯👍🏼
The date on the Electricity t work Act sign is the date of the act not the date it was put up. Eery sub station has to have one in a prominent position alont with various others.
In The Netherlands at a place called Den Bosch there are bunkers like the ones you are asking if anyone rents and they hold festivals on the land and different bunkers have different music and djs.
Those flowmeters were to keep track of how many litres of fuel
were passing through.
good video guys
The building with the Equipment seems a quite bit of filtering and dewatering equipment for the jetfuel
avtur aviation fuel good video this keep it up lads))
Crazy stuff guys Gems indeed 👌
Hi dude. You know what the rectangular reservoir looking thing was used for?
Wow folks
Another great video full of Holden gems , Ian it was funny when you picked up the phone and said it’s Hell On Earth because on today’s Hell on Earth Video , Nortan picks up the phone and says it’s Ian He’s better now he’s not hanging round Chris !!!
I’m assuming you are at RAF Coltishall, I used to live down the road in Buxton and watch the Jaguars on finals.... the fuel store on site revived supplies by pipeline from a rail head at Hethersett. Think this shite has also been decommissioned and the fuel bunkers demolished looking at google earth.
Intrinsically safe lights folks 😉
You might want to be extra careful at this site - part of it has been repurposed as a prison. That might be the reason for the helicopter. Most of the site is tech/commercial. A great many people were saddened when the site was closed by the M.O.D.
7:30 to 7:38 that's avation kerosene I had to look it up though I saw it before
The lights on the ceiling in the pump room are explosion proof and are extremely expensive
Nice Vid Guys
Hey folks! 😊
Interesting site, shame about the clueless commentary.
At least he corrected his read out of the tank volume. Corrected himself from square metres to cubic metres. 😅
Google so used to the phrase golden gems it now talks to you 🤣
Is that what ir said 😂😂
wow great find bro amazing history !!!
You should put cam down the fuelbunker like you did in the other video. Damn was that creepy or what.
I think the tanks here were locked so no way in and it was too exposed hanging around on the top lol
Yes .. too much in the open. Although opening a hatch if it wasn't locked is still a big risk. No way of knowing if the tank is emptied and properly vented.. and what kind of fumes there might puff out on your face.
Breather pipes something been looking for fuel lol
look... look at that... look... look at this... look...ha ha nice vid
I think I live near there!. Humm
ooh!! a BFI. not seen one of them since the 90's. in laymens terms just a big petrol station. no x file mysteries here. awakened a few memory's though.
I AM SURE GENERATOR WOULD START IF HAVE POWER.
Petroleum operator! Without fuel pilots are pedestrians !
Farp's.... Landing zones... At night.... In the rain...long days....
19:05 security
You guys are like the 3 Stooges while in the van
1 cubic meter holds 1000 liters so 1250 cubic meters is 1250000 liters or 330215.065 US gallons
And hello Ian and Chris from Ottawa Ontario Canada....
i would of laughed if all the electric was still on lol nice visit chaps
but..... what did Hell On Earth have to say :oD
Good video shame your sound keep cutting out at certain bits
We cut swearing and inappropriate words
Yea mainly Ian the naughty boy 😂
IKS_STEVE lol
Crikey folks
F.S I I = fuel system ice inhibitor
Hi guys from, Illinois, one hour and twenty minutes from my "playground", Chicago!
Certainly a crikey moment folks
Aviation turbine fuel
Av Tur Aviation Fuel Turbine...
1st ish
They are called _flameproof_ light fittings. Nothing is _explosion proof._ :o?
Lol cheers folk
Very interesting just be careful aviation fuel is highly carcinogenic.
Not really.
Which grade are you referring to?
Maybe some of the additives in certain grades could be, but Jet A-1 or Avtur isn't known for being highly carcinogenic.
I have had a couple of pretty bad soakings over the years, and although it is unpleasant and pretty hazardous. Being a carcinogen would be the least of your worries... But as I said, it isn't classed as one as far as COSHH data sheets show.
Touching a little bit that has been laying around for years is fine, just don't drink it.
33,0215 US Gallons
I know a guy who rents a bunker here if you are intrested
Really that’s interesting pm me folk :)