Macrihanish/Cambletown
Macrihanish/Cambletown
Has anybody been up there?
I will be in the area in a couple of weeks - is it worth a visit?
Obviously there will be many stealthy ops in progress http://www.dreamlandresort.com/black_projects/machrihanish.html
I will be in the area in a couple of weeks - is it worth a visit?
Obviously there will be many stealthy ops in progress http://www.dreamlandresort.com/black_projects/machrihanish.html
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I think the website that info is on is well out of date, as Machrihanish is now a business park with some of the runway still in use but it's no longer a military installation.I think you're more likely to see Biz jets going in and out of the place nowadays!
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With a 1700m runway, I doubt you'll see many biz-jets either!
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I will have a brief look and report back - it might just be a drive by.
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You may need to consult a map! You don't just drive-past Campbelltown (ex Machrihanish) Airport. Once you turn-off the A83 @ Lochgilphead you face just under 50 miles to the airport & 50 mls back to the same point, before you continue your trip! There was a time when it was worth-it.... but not anymore?
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Rule 27 wrote:With a 1700m runway, I doubt you'll see many biz-jets either!
It must have been shortened a lot. It used to be one of the longest runways in the UK.
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It has been, take a look at this link - the Aerodrome Chart shows some of the disused runway: http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/public/in ... id=89.html
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At least NATS can spell the name of the aerodrome correctly.
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Stagger2 wrote:You may need to consult a map! You don't just drive-past Campbelltown (ex Machrihanish) Airport. Once you turn-off the A83 @ Lochgilphead you face just under 50 miles to the airport & 50 mls back to the same point, before you continue your trip! There was a time when it was worth-it.... but not anymore?
I am only going to have a look as I will be in the area - I am not making a special journey to see the airport.
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If it's been shortened that much,then My info is well out of date too!
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Well I got there last week and found one Cherokee and no sign of movement - I didn't even bother stopping.
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I think the Auroras are long gone...
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Spiny Norman wrote:I think the Auroras are long gone...
They could just be super stealthy.
Maybe they use "Vanishing spray"
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psquiddy wrote:Spiny Norman wrote:I think the Auroras are long gone...
They could just be super stealthy.
Maybe they use "Vanishing spray"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27827042
That spray would explain a lot, right enough.
I keep waiting on one to appear in a USA museum all of a sudden. (The Aurora, not the spray!)
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There was always talk of various "black projects" being tested by the USAF out of Machrihanish,although at the height of the cold war were unconfirmed. These days most of the Aurora projects are the SRxx and YFxx demonstrators just flying out of Nelllis AFB. One aviation journalist in particular went on a plane hunt as he had some evidence that one such vehicle existed from this project that was actively flying from Nellis.
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The only thing you will catch going in and out of Campbletown/Macrihanish is the Loganair flight to Glasgow.
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Yes,true,you can see the parts of wind turbines all over the place! Google earth it and you'll see them!
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stratocaster wrote:There was always talk of various "black projects" being tested by the USAF out of Machrihanish,although at the height of the cold war were unconfirmed. These days most of the Aurora projects are the SRxx and YFxx demonstrators just flying out of Nelllis AFB. One aviation journalist in particular went on a aircraft hunt as he had some evidence that one such vehicle existed from this project that was actively flying from Nellis.
Really? Nellis is on the edge of Las Vegas and has housing estates very close by on several sides, and can be overlooked from a quarry behind the base. There also aren't that many hangars were you could hide such things, so I'd be very surprised if there were any projects of that nature there. (I've never seen any hint of anything, and I've been on base a few times in recent years).
Anything of that nature (if there actually is anything) will be at Groom Lake or Tonopah, which are much harder to view, so much better locations for hush hush stuff, or possibly Creech if it's unmanned.
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