Much has happened since our last proper progress report in February. Without a doubt, the most exciting news is that we have located Denis 'Cliff' Clifton, the...
In the month since our last update, we have continued at a hectic pace with our project! We welcome to the group Karen Lush (granddaughter of passenger Jack...
Hello folks, I've added new links tonight. One is for a site (http://ianwoodcock.fotopic.net/) with lots of aviation photos. One of the pages on this site is...
Hi All Steve White and myself have independently turned up nothing looking for the above this year - the airliner having crashed on Greenside Hill between...
Time once again for a progress report. Over recent months we have continued to gain more information on crew and passengers through our very helpful...
We're very sorry to announce that Denis Clifton passed away late last night (28th September 2007) at the age of 84. Denis – or Cliff as he liked to be known...
Hi All Just realised that I hadn't provided an update on the search for G-AMRB. Gordon Lyons, Gio Metra, Steve White and myself were on the (rather moist)...
... AMRB. Gordon Lyons, Gio Metra, Steve White and myself were on the (rather moist) hill on 1 September and unfortunately a thorough search turned up...
Thanks for your comments, Robert. It is really unfortunate that nothing remains. Twenty years ago there were some small remains, but alas the tussocky grass...
Hi All I received a message from Gordon Lyons to tell me that he now has photographs taken by Alasdair McLeod (aged 11 at the time!) of the remains of G-AMRB...
Hi everyone, Yeah, excellent photos right enough. Many thanks to Alasdair and Gordon for allowing us all to see these very interesting images. Cheers, Dougie ...
Thanks for a great link there, James. Fascinating photos there. This was especially interesting to me as my first flight was in a Dakota, back in 1955, and...
Thanks to new group member, Allan Murray, we have some wintery shots of the wreckage on Irish Law. These can be found in a folder in the photos section of the...
As the days draw closer to a new year and the 60th anniversary of the crash of Viking G-AIVE on Irish Law, we thought we'd announce that we will be holding an...
Hi folks, A particularly interesting episode of History Detectives is due to be broadcast on Thursday 10th January. "The Bomber And The Bottle" will be shown...
Hi all Wednesday is the 50th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster and there's a documentary on it called 'Surviving Disaster' which is on UKTV History at 4pm...
Hi all Just an update on publicity for our project. On Friday, we were both interviewed and photographed by the Sunday Post at Dougie's home in Kilbarchan. On...
VICKERS VIKING G-AIVE 60TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT - APRIL 2008 To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the crash, we are holding an event at the RSPB Nature Reserve...
Hi folks, We've heard that the Sunday Post article on the crash will appear on page 33 of this Sunday's edition (30th March). The article is likely to be a...
Hi all Yours truly (armed with new camera!) braved the elements on Easter Sunday to get some shots of the Firefly remains on Meikle Bin in the Campsie Fells -...
Hi all Our recent coverage from the Sunday Post and [Renfrewshire] Gazette is now online at Gordon Lyons' site: http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/...
Today's weekend Evening Times features a two page spread on our project on pages 20 and 21. A nice prelude to tomorrow's event at Lochwinnoch Nature Reserve! ...
As I send these words to you, it was 60 years ago - give or take a few minutes - that BEA Vickers Viking G-AIVE impacted on the side of Irish Law near Largs. ...
Hi all Yours truly braved the elements (as Dougie did a few years back) and visited the massive remains of the B-29 at Succoth near Lochgoilhead a few weeks...
Hi, My first post here. Some time ago I saw a photograph on Google Earth of the Devon crash remains. I noted the co-ordinates and yesterday a friend and I...
Hi Bill Welcome to the group and thanks for your post. Some great shots there which I hadn't seen before. Google Earth and Geograph are two very useful sites...
November 2008 Progress Update Firstly, our apologies for the lack of updates recently - this has basically been because we've been busy writing! Viking Down!...
Do we have a middle name or initial for John Ramsden? Iain ... From: Viking Crash Research (James Towill) <viking1948@...> Subject: [VikingCrash1948]...
Hi Iain, We don't think he had one. There is no middle name on the voter roll, death certificate or birth certificate records. A shame he didn't have an obsure...
Hi all In this, the week of the sixty-first anniversary of the crash, we thought it was time to update you on how the project is progressing. Currently, we...
