A great read guys, please keep it up.
Just to give you a update the former 'RAF No1 officers mess' is sadly almost no more. About half having been demolished so far to make way for a hotel. Sad considering some of these buildings date from c1918.
The nightbird Bucc VX344 is the 'RAE' or what ever its called this week, gate guard. Although you can not see it as its hidden in a garden within the labs built around 1997. The nightbird Hunter is now with the FAST museum on site by The Swan.
The NGTE is still active, the newish Pyestock bypass cuts through it. You can still here a jet fire up on the site a few times a week. Giving the impression of a low level Tornado coming from the Cove direction!