A (wet) wander up Box and Irish Law today to see the crash sites. The rain started just as I got to the Viking and so I spent a happy lunch hour under cover...
Hello Kev, Hope you didn't get too wet today. Two grid references given for the Wellington crash are 256609 and 257609. So, going by your GPS reference, it...
Hi Dougie, Thanks for the info. I certainly didn't see any structure in the debris field: the gear assembly and a strut were the biggest pieces. The rest of ...
This is absolutely superb, Kev. What I presumed to be the fragments of the Wellington, Dougie pointed out later were probably just yet more remnants of the...
I have created an album in the 'Photos' section of the group showing the Spartan Cruiser remains (ex-Hill of Stake) which are on display in one of the hangars...
Hi James, It looks just like it did in 1967, same paint and everything. I suppose it would given the Spartan was recovered by a Sea King in 1974. Wonder why...
Hi everyone, I've posted a photo of the Spartan Cruiser in the photos area. It was taken at Muirshiel by John Martindale in 1967, with his brother and friends...
Hi Kev, According to the Muirshiel handout, Wellington R1164 crashed on the 25th January 1941 when on a ferry flight from Kirkbride to Lossiemouth. The...
Thanks for sharing the photo, Dougie. I only hope that the remains that are still up there (including a certain Viking!) don't get removed in the near future....
Hi All Just to let you know how the research is progressing... Wreck Photography: Approx 60 photographs of the wreck and locale taken in good light conditions...
Why not ask The Central Scotland Aviation Group to publicise your investigation in SCAN. Also the APSS but their publication "THe Fortune Teller" is very ...
Thanks for that, Charles. I have just emailed both CSAG and APSS. In the near future, I hope to appeal through FlyPast and other publications. How did you...
Hi all, I've added a few photos in new albums to the photo section. In the Wellington folder there is a photo of the few remains of the Wimpey in the early...
Hi, OK, this is way off-topic but if you like planes and have Google Earth installed on your PC then this is for you. Click on the following link and enjoy:...
Hi all Just an update on the project as we've been busy working away the past couple of months. Circumstances leading up to the crash: Using information...
In addition to our research of the Viking at Irish Law, I have became very interested in what was unfortunately a much more serious accident, the crash of BEA...
Hopefully this article in today's Evening Times will produce some more leads for our publication http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.1319678.0.0.php...
Hello everyone, I've added a few website addresses to the links page. One website that will interest you all is by one of our members, Gordon Lyons - ...
Hi folks, The 59th anniversary of the crash - the 21st April - is tomorrow. The Sunday Post are running a piece on the Viking crash this Sunday (22nd April...
In addition to our Viking research (and promotional appearances in the tabloids!) we are also interested in other wrecks in the area. Steve White, member of...
Thanks - just dropped him an email for some further details. Cheers, James ... From: crwhitton@... To: VikingCrash1948@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday,...
... nothing ... Hi, The body of the pilot that was killed in the Wellington on Box Law was brought down off the hill by the farmer at Blairpark Farm. He used...
Thanks for that, Robert. That is truly a remarkable piece of information. Cheers, James ... From: raibeart_macaoidh To: VikingCrash1948@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Weybridge, constucted the aircraft in May, 1947. The total time flown up to the day preceding the accident was 950 hours, during which...
Hi Robert Where did you source the engine data? Cheers, James ... From: raibeart_macaoidh To: VikingCrash1948@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 11:41...
... bits of information about the crash from a guy that I met on Irish Law. I think he had been involved in building Hercules engines in the past. A' the best,...
