Corsair haning from the ceiling at National Museum of Naval Aviation,Pensacola

Corsair on a stick, Tuscaloosa Alabama

I stumbled across some aircraft aluminium on the rocky raised beach near Garmouth a few years ago. Some bits were very small and scattered, one or two bits larger and one bit had the evidence of lettering painted on. Havent read any accounts of crashes here but I’ve wondered ever since. There was a fascinating book on the history of the many airfields in this area which I think was titled “A steep turn to the stars” by a local author.

Good luck with your studies Axel.

Some interesting World War II history regarding oil extraction at this location in my neck of the woods http://dukeswoodoilmuseum.co.uk/History.htm

Fascinating story TwinOtter. Interesting to note that oil was transported to Pumpherston to be refined-that refinery was part of the shale oil industry here.

Trumper, most of them have been landscaped and a lot of the burnt shale used in the foundations of buildings, at least one shopping centre I know of and the M8 motorway. There are three near where I live, one is overgrown and if I remember there are some rare wild plants up there.One is currently being gradually removed-this link should show it- http://www.flickr.com/photos/34904785@N03/7236666290/in/set-72157629834846482 The other one is popular with walkers, myself included-you can see for miles from it.

IIRC Warren, Care homes for those that are in need of same in Scotland, are paid for. I think it’s morally wrong, that anyone should have to sell their homes to pay for the right to live to a peaceful end. I would like to think that all of my hard earned, paying off the house would benefit my kids, not the State, who have robbed me, you and many others in Taxes etc, and then deprive you of leaving your family a legacy.

Jim.
Lincoln .7

In Scotland it’s only paid for if you have assets worth less than £25,000. Anything above that disappears down a big plughole very rapidly.Local authority care homes round here are about 500 quid a week. Private sector can go up to about double that. I am about to go through this with my mother.