On the anniversary of the crash last weekend a group of ATC cadets carried out a survey of the site. Richard has just been telling me that in a wooded area they found a section with the aircraft name painted on it ” Sleepy Time Gal “.Has anyone else reported this part? It is still on site because the cadets were told not to remove any parts.

There was more to the story and it relates to the background of the people involved. A pistol is deadly at close range and is easily concealed. The abscence of ammunition is not relevant to the offence because this could be in another place which was not discovered.

The handling of firearms in the Uk is very sensitive regarding storage.And even damaged ex crash site weapons are subject to control.

Mentioned here..
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/guestbook/

High wing twin engine with dark fuselage panel will be the American registered Aero Commander equipped with a large format digital camera, so large it will not fit in the Cessna twins.

It was a fascinating programme.I put aside the need to use some replicas and listened to the story of bravery which in some cases led to madness.

Well done to all involved and I am lucky to be able to take my aerial phtos without the danger so graphically shown.

Ok I am going to mention cost, surely this had an influence on the systems deployed? If MOD paid to develop Firestreak and Red Top then I would have thought it was cheaper to use them as they had the licence. Missile cost seems to be overlooked and I would like to see what figures are published, I seem to recall that the Sidewinder is very expensive.

Top marks for this investigation,I wonder if the Wellington on Lossie beach is due a revisit ?

Ok I got the type wrong, but at least i was quick to correct those who doubted ! I recall many similiar formations over the past years before the net and no one thought those were fakes, a sign of the times.