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High Ground Wrecks
 

How to combine hillwalking with an interest in old aircraft. These slides are taken from my collection and mainly date from the 1980s.

WARNING: going into the mountains without the proper equipment and knowledge is dangerous. You need to have pinpoint navigation; know how to read maps and use a compass and NEVER rely solely on a GPS.


Bristol Blenheim, Ben Inner

Blenheim Engine Blenheim Engine

Engine and collector ring Engine and collector ring


Douglas C47 Carlin's Cairn, Dunfries & Galloway

Lead counter-weight Lead counter-weight


G-AMRB Dakota Greenside Hill

The impact point of the Dakota The impact point of the Dakota

A balast weight, on top is a compass for scale. A small cairn with a concrete ballast weight, on top is a compass for scale.


F-100 Peter Hill

The impact point and small wreckage. The impact point and small wreckage.


Tiger Moth, Blairdenon Hill

Small pile of wreckage and memorial cross Small wreckage pile and memorial cross


Warwick, Cheviot

One of the many burial pits One of the many burial pits


Hurricane, Loch Doon

Merlin engine, Loch Doon Hurricane's Merlin engine, Loch Doon

Loch Doon Hurricane Hurricane, Loch Doon. Main wreckage

Andy Gemmell and his "conscience", Mary Mc Gonagall. Mary you have the patience of a saint. December 1984. A bottle of Irn Bru is lurking amongst the grass.


Firefly, Lochnagar

Firefly rear fuselage Firefly, Rear fuselage

Firefly Lochnagar wing & fuselage Firefly, rear fuselage and a wing.


Firefly, Blaeloch Hill

Firefly, main wreckage Allan Thomson, holds up a tail plane. Main impact point. The aircraft still has its blue wartime camouflage paint.


Firefly, Meikle Bin

Firefly rear fuselage Firefly rear fuselage

Firefly serial number Firefly serial number

A wing section. A wing section on a crisp winter morning.


Devon, Box Law

The wings, tail planes and tail fin The wings, tail planes and tail fin. The Devon landed intact on the moorland and was complete for many years until, as the story goes a party of scouts lit a fire inside the fuselage and the rot set in afterwards

Tail fin and badge Tail fin and badge

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