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G-BRGO Air Comander Kingsbarns, Fife. The remains of gyrocopter, Air Commander, G-BRGO are stored here.
G-RNRM Ce185 Kingsbarns, Fife. This Cessna A185 is a workhorse, and is in heavy use by the parachuting club. It bears the names Thunderchild and MARINES on the cowling.
XM169 Lightning My friend Ken Ward, from Chop Gate in North Yorkshire, had this lightning, XM169, cockpit until recently when it was sold to Highlands Aviation Museum in Inverness.
aircraft cockpits A view of the Meteor night fighter, Lightning and Jet Provost cockpits. Ken Ward Collection, N.Yorks.
Vampire and Jet Provost The Jet Provost, XN607 cockpit and the nose section of his Vampire. The nose cone and cockpit are open to let the aircraft dry out in the sunshine. The JP was sold to the Highlands Aviation Museum, Inverness.
Gazelle, G-OGEO

Went looking for the microlights at Thornhill and found this beauty of a Gazelle at Moss-side of Boquhapple Farm beside the B822 Road.

Gazelle, G-OGEO

Jodel D120 Paris-Nice Eshott, Northumberland. This Jodel D120 Paris-Nice is based here. It carries a "Sand Dancer" badge on the nose. Sand Dancers are the nick name for people from Sunderland.
Cessna 208 Caravan, N208ST Eshott, Northumberland, a visitor from Strathallan is Cessna 208 Caravan, N208ST.
Chinook, Kinross

A Chinook in stealth mode passes over my house, having heard it I had enough time to made a cup of tea, read the paper and get my camera.

Note the vortex clouds off the tips of two rotors, first time that I have seen this on a helicopter.

Kinross, 11Apr05