Autair Helicopter in Cairnbaan Camp
The image is courtesy of Janet Quarton who worked at the camp during this period.
The Autair Bell helicopter Reg No G- ASOL with fertiliser side panniers parking for a period on the camp children’s football field. This must have been one of the very early trials of fertiliser spreading (unground rock phosphate) in Scotland. There appears to be a lady in the cockpit with the pilot.
The back ground below the helicopter reveals a part of the Cairnbaan Camp with the canal in the middle distance. The buildings from the left are:
The Community Hall (16)
Buildings opposite Garage workshop (in gap behind two cars) (20)
Joiners workshop (17)
Small shed unknown use (18)
One of garage workshop buildings (19)
Small shed behind 19 (J)
Main garage workshop (21)
Building between garage workshop and gate (K)
Storage buildings? (H) and (G)
Note that by this date the lockup from the wartime days has been demolished and products from Wilson of Troon’s sawmill are stacked nearby.
Can the man in the foreground be named?
The image in the PDF is of the same scene but a lorry van be seen pulling out from the stores area.
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Groups: Aircraft in Forestry Work, Buildings in Forests, Forestry Areas