Of course it is, Piers. I had forgotten about the Cromarty Firth, with the oil
platforms and industrial detritus. It was one of the ways into Tain range
(other than direct from Lossiemouth); and I've done that route in different
aircraft over the years.
Bob and I will keep you up to date . . .
Chris
On 26 Jun 2013, at 22:49, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ah, "moon country", as in
> http://ccgi.piers.plus.com/ball/aircrew_map_of_uk.pdf (which, despite the
> piers bit in the URL, is nothing to do with me!)
>
> For the pano I was positioned immediately south of "F-shaped wood" in the
> aircrew map - that is, not on the Dornoch Firth (which is just visible on
> the RH side of the pano), but on the hill above the town of Cromarty
> (visible on the bottom edge) across the Cromarty Firth from Invergordon
> (visible in the middle of the pano in the distance with rigs tied up
> alongside). In fact, the pano is looking at the SW approach to Tain Range
> (which is just behind the hill on the RH edge), so I assume you would almost
> certainly have transited from left to right on your Tornado conversion
> course. But of course it looks very different from ground level, at 90
> degrees to your course.
>
> Thanks for looking - and let me know about your ETA, as we should arrange a
> Caled-OM-ian meet for when Joan Whitmire is over. I don't know if she will
> bring her husband (what's his name?) - I suspect he thinks she _will_ but I
> reckon he is easily fooled.
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