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Originally Posted by THEWATCHER
Everything is methodical, precise, repitition would be very rare. As for facilities in Scotland try looking at Macrinhannish
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THE WATCHER
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Hi Barry,
RAF Machrihanish. I actually came across this base before in relation to the supposed Aurora aircraft. Are the two linked?
What is the Aurora's actual name?
This aircraft appears to be more of a conventional aircraft - albeit a very fast one? Not like the silent triangular craft.
This base had a strong US military presence - SEALS and Special Warfrare Detachment sometime accompanied by British forces. What was there role? What was the role of the base?
The US handed over control to the MoD 30/06/95 - Are there still US forces present at all?
In 1995 a lot of money was spent to upgrade the base - why is it now dis-used? Is it for future if required? Or was this upgrade for the benifit of the civilian airport attached to the base?
This also led me onto the case of the 02/06/94 Chinook aircrash. Official destination - Fort George.
29 killed. 4 crew and
25 members of Military Intelligence.
Barry, Was this flight actually destined for Machrihanish? Were these people killed? If so, by who and for what purpose? Was there anyone onboard in particular to your knowledege we should research?
25 MI5 members is an incredibly high loss. It is possible that this was just an accident given the aircrafts history of errors and upgrades. It's noted that test pilots (from Boscombe Down no less!) refused to fly the aircraft the previous day to the crash. Also, having no flight data recorders didnt help investigations. Are there procedures now in place to ensure that that many Officers can not be lost in one go again?
I also heard that certain ancient sites are used as a sort of refuelling area for specific aircraft and noted that the Ballochroy Standing Stones are nearby - is this any relation to the base?
I was also wondering if you had any knowledge on undersea bases/undersea entrances to bases? Are there any aircraft that you know of that can in fact fly and be used underwater?
Thanks Barry
Best Regards
Iain