Military Plockton

Plockton isn’t an airfield regularly associated with the military, but over the 20 or so years that I have been a regular visitor – so has the military. They visit much less frequently now than they did when I first visited, but they still make regular visits.

The visits used to coincide with the BUTEC range days, it was pretty decent when there were 200 plus range days a year – but now I understand that there are less than 50 range days a year.

What could be seen there, well regular visits from the Army and Navy rotary wing contingents and now and again there would have been a Harrier although they didn’t land they came to the hover short of the runway and then departed again.

Second hand I’ve been told that an F-35 has visited, performing the same manouver as the Harrier – but that was by the same person who said they had seen a Unicorn outside the Pub, so classified as a maybe.

What types have I seen on the ground, Lynx, Puma, Griffin, Scout, Sea King and Merlin from memory. I’m pretty sure that there will other types, I missed a couple of H-60’s arriving about 30 seconds after they had departed.

So if I’m ever back up in that neck of the woods, I’ll be making a point of visiting Plockton – as you never know what will be in, especially at lunch time.