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These amazing pictures show the incredible wind tunnels at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough.

Reading’s Urban Explorer Matt Emmett spent two days shooting the huge tunnels at the establishment.

Mr Emmett was allowed to shoot at the site due to the work he did at the National Gas Turbine Establishment in Fleet , which replaced the tunnels.

He explained: “As aircraft have become faster, the wind tunnels could no longer provide enough air speed to run accurate tests and so the National Gas Turbine Establishment was formed.

“From a historical point of view these two wind tunnels and the NGTE played a huge role in creating the modern plane engines that fly people around the world on a daily basis.

“They were the birthplaces of the jet age.”