Posted by Nick on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/The-book-tp1505715p1505732.html


--- In [hidden email], "raribear" <ar_fan@h...> wrote:
>
> Just to be devil's advocate I'd like to point out that the Pinewood
> Shepperton Film studios are located very near Heathrow airport. In
> fact Heathrow is central to both of them. Probably saves on
> tranportation costs.
>
> I had wondered where SHADO was located because I was really
thinking
> about all of the support vehicles such as the mobiles and subs and
> how accessible they were for SHADO personnel to get to.
>
> Seems like there is an emergency and blip next thing you know the
> leads are in these vehicles.

Pinewood isn't that near to Heathrow, and is off the flightpath.
Shepperton is nearer but the real town of Harlington is right next
to the main take off runway!

As for the location of SHADO vehicles, the SHADAIR planes are
designed to be housed in any major airport, the mobiles use the
cover company of Markers-Straker (and thus all part of the
industrial front) and it's either in "ESP" or "Sounds of Silence"
(or both) that they leave the studios in huge transporter lorries
before dropping the rear ramps and letting the mobiles out. In "The
Psychobombs", we see a Skydiver base not far from SHADO HQ on the
south coast of England.

Nick