The highest peak in this circuit of five Munros is Cac Carn Beag on Lochnagar, which looks down over massive cliffs into dark coires below. On the way, you might encounter some scattered plane wreckage, including a large section of wing to the north-east of the summit. August in the Scottish hills this year has been very poor in terms of weather. There's 2 in that area - a Jaguar and a Hudson. Didn't know about that wreckage. I saw the intro Dutch guy within months of 9/11, probably on Alex Jones. I understand you might not want to put it on an open forum so if you could PM me it i would appreciate it. Home » Blog » Lochnagar, Jun'17. You'll find the 4.0" tyres are amongst the smallest fat... Hi. The mountain is not too far from the royal estate Balmoral, and thus has been visited by figures including Queen Victoria and Prince Charles, who even made a book "The Old Man of Lochnagar." The newspaper speculated that Mr. Foy would take many shares in the air service company. As it turned out, this one crashed more than 50 years ago, on June 15, 1967. The aircraft had been … Ben Cousins CTVNews.ca Writer. Twenty-one members of the Royal Canadian Air Force – 20 pilots and a groundcrewsman – were killed in the crash on Sept. 15, 1946. Enter your account data and we will send you a link to reset your password. Be very respectful, and take a moment to honor these men. Last weekend I walked to the summit of Lochnagar from Glen Muick. Create an account. Glenfinnan, Arisaig, Morar, Moidart & Ardnamurchan, A perfect day on Carn Aosda and another Wellington wreck, Wreck of a B-29 Superfortress bomber in Argyll, Lochnagar and the wreck of a post-war naval trainer aircraft, Yet another soggy night in the Cairngorms and yet more aircraft wrecks, A night in the soggy Cairngorms and another Wellington bomber wreck, Geal-chàrn and the wreck of a Wellington bomber, Bigger and better websites – the early years of bitter struggle (cf. Police and the RAF say it was a "miracle" that four people survived after their plane crashed 2,000ft up a Scottish mountain in poor weather conditions. Wednesday 10th June I'd originally planned on doing the excellent Red Moss Kips race tonight but given the splendid weather, I opted for something a little longer. That was another 'rider error' - they stalled whilst attempting to pull up out of the glen. I did get a great view of the cliffs in the Corrie of Lochnagar however (photo here). The fallout was also interesting as the US military / RAF tried to blame the Scottish based air traffic controller. The following is a list of aircraft accidents and incidents which have resulted in fatalities on the ground. There is so much history on the hill, like the plane crash that saw the first recorded casualties of WW2, the magnificent iron age fort on Mither Tap, the old settlements below and the different quarries on the hill where stone was taken for the Thames embankment. Many large parts of the aircraft remain, even so long after the crash. These pieces are the remains of a Canberra jet that crashed … Ryan Flanagan and Ben Cousins CTVNews.ca. The plane last received an engineering overhal on the 16th April 2009. An official report into a light aircraft crash in the Cairngorms said the survivors were fortunate to be found alive by rescue teams. They may not have given there lives over seas fighting the axis. Yes it's a voodoo wazoo I am looking to use it on... Mountain biking can be dangerous and is done entirely at your own risk. That's cool, but you won't find me testing it! or     Four people escaped from the wreckage of the Cessna 172 plane after it came down in Lochnagar, near Braemar in January. On the slopes of Lochnagar are the remains of a naval training aircraft, a Fairey Firefly that crashed here in 1949. Sgt Aylott was from Buckhurst Hill in Essex, there is a photograph of his grave on the Buckhurst Hill history website. Needless to say we were not allowed to enter the area, so we had to go all the way down the access road to the outskirts of Pitlochry. Captain, there is a winter climb on the triple buttress called "fuselage gully", and in leaner winter conditions you can fashion a belay from part of the wreckage.