Abandoned BAC Weybridge Hangar home of the Vickers VC10 Aircraft.

Hangar T374 built in the sixties as final assembly for the VC10 Aircraft. It was next to another giant hanger and they were known unofficially as the The Abbey and The Cathedral T374 had a floor space of around 10,000Sq feet

Before it was sadly demolished in 1986 I was able to film a little of the inside. It was a basic hand held camera, so sorry about the shakes. The building last function was to be used for filming flying sequences in the film Flash Gordon.

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[decaid53]

That hanger would be 30 thousand sq/ft easily.....not 10,000

[andysvideo]

@decaid53 That did come from some records, but as you say it is clearly wrong. My guess is it should have said meters or maybe yards. I will try and find out more.

[dooalittledippsy]

@rodjames98 certainly is

[targatop1]

I think Vanguards, VC 10s, 3 One Elevens and a few Viscounts were built at Weybridge. Because of the very short runway, the aircraft departed on the maiden flight with minimal fuel, and positioned into Wisley, Vickers test airfield which had a very long runway (closed, but still in existance today).Most of the Viscounts were build at Hurn, as later, were the One Elevens. I used to work in the hangars which were the production line at Hurn, now sadly empty and rundown

[targatop1]

Great to see this! I was an apprentice back in the mid 80s, and remember Weybridge with much fondness. Weybridge was a very important site in aviation history. It is such a sad symbol of 'England' that the site now a retail park - just what England needs, eh?.. and a few more insurance brokers too!!! In the 50s and 60s we were very clever as an engineering nation, so sad - its all gone now, the people, the aircraft, the industry... never mind.. Europe will look after us now.

[altractors]

Ha ha I remember interiors being the same as like in those offices when I was very young!

[rodjames98]

Something very wrong with this country isn't there?

[lexany]

Very nice. Were the Viscounts and Vanguards built here too? If not, do you know where they were made?

[avroken]

great video, another BAe abandoned facility. Chadderton, Woodford, Hurn, Brough, Brooklands, Hatfield, Kingston etc etc ( 2 also sold Chester and Filton)

[vqey2]

i miss working at weybridge i enjoyed my short time working as a stock checker , the oil and paint stores the bar stores the tool stores the nuts and bolts stores the carpet stores the rubber stores etc happy times