St Athan and the £100m White Elephant

[BEagle]

Probably like the excellent hangars with built in centralised services, ample heating and lighting which were the answers to a SEngO's dream at a certain RAF aerodrome. No houchins clattering away, leaking hydraulic rigs, cold and draft - the lads thought all their Christmasses had come at once.

A fine station indeed; many would say the best in the RAF of the 1980s.

That was RAF Chivenor, aka 'Heaven in Devon'. So they closed it and gave it to the Royal Machines...