OTHER AIRFIELDS ETC (UK and abroad)

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EAST FORTUNE (East Lothian, Scotland)

East Fortune temporarily acted as Edinburgh's airport in early 1961 when Turnhouse was closed to resurface it's Runway 13/31.

On Sunday 9 April 1961, the early afternoon BEA Viscount from London, landing eastward on East Fortune's slightly downward sloping runway, ran off the end of the runway. It slewed to a stop on the grass about 20 yards beyond the end of the runway. There were no casualties and the aircraft was not damaged.

ROSYTH NAVY DAY

June 1960

The aircraft carrier may have been HMS Albion

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

USS Randolph

Moored in the Firth of Forth, July 1966

USS Nimitz

Moored in the Firth of Forth, September 1975

HMS Ark Royal

Moored in the Firth of Forth, shortly before it was decommissioned, September 1977

USS America

Moored in the Firth of Forth, September 1982

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