<p>Hey <a href="/tags/millennials/" rel="tag">#millennials</a> and <a href="/tags/zoomers/" rel="tag">#zoomers</a> who are dealing with your first bout of panic over World War III: Find yourself a <a href="/tags/genx/" rel="tag">#GenX</a> friend to help you see through it.</p><p>We spent our childhoods in the shadow of the nuclear <a href="/tags/coldwar/" rel="tag">#ColdWar</a>, alone while our parents were at work, watching cartoons and eating unheated Pop-Tarts from the foil.</p><p>We got you.</p>
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<p>⏳ Times up. Sadly, this historical place is about to disappear forever.</p><p>Demolition work is underway on the site, progressing steadily at this 1940s aircraft research facility. Once at the cutting edge of aerodynamics R&D, the site's 8x8ft supersonic tunnel tested flight components at Mach 2.5.</p><p>Already the smaller 3x3 tunnel facility and control room have been levelled; this one looks to be set to be next.</p><p><a href="/tags/aerodynamics/" rel="tag">#Aerodynamics</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/coldwar/" rel="tag">#ColdWar</a> <a href="/tags/england/" rel="tag">#England</a> <a href="/tags/abandoned/" rel="tag">#Abandoned</a> <a href="/tags/urbanexploration/" rel="tag">#UrbanExploration</a> <a href="/tags/urbex/" rel="tag">#Urbex</a></p>
