De Havilland Dh84 Dragon 1: Beauly Firth
Aircraft (20th Century)
Site Name De Havilland Dh84 Dragon 1: Beauly Firth
Classification Aircraft (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) G-acgk; Longman Airport; Longman Point; Inverness; Inner Moray Firth; Moray Firth
Canmore ID 291463
Site Number NH64NE 8016
NGR NH 68 47
NGR Description NH c. 68 47
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Highland
- Parish Maritime - Highland
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NH64NE 8016 c. 68 47
N57 30.0 W4 12.0
NLO: Longman Point [name: NH 669 476]
Inverness [name: NH 665 455].
Possibly on map sheet NH74NW.
(Classified as De Havilland DH84 Dragon 1: registration cited as G-ACGK, and date of loss as 8 January 1935). This aircraft crashed on take-off from Longman Airport. Capt. Coleman. All gone, but constructive total loss.
Registration: British.
(Location of loss cited as N57 33.0 W4 5.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. That cited by Whittaker is evidently incorrect, apparently as a result of a confusion between the airfields at Longman (NH64NE 171.00: centred NH 6700 4650) and Dalcross (NH75SE 21.00: centred NH 77497 52093).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 November 2007.
