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The Great Mull Air Mystery is the name given by the media to the disappearance of pilot Peter Gibbs on 24 December 1975 after he took an unscheduled solo night flight from Glenforsa Airfield on the Isle of Mull in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom. [1]
24 December – 'Great Mull Air Mystery': Peter Gibbs vanishes after taking off from Glenforsa Airfield on a solo night flight; his body is found 4 months later on a hillside. December Ballachulish Bridge is opened in the West Highlands, replacing a ferry. [4] First production from the Auk oilfield in the North Sea. date unknown
Glenforsa Airfield [1] Mull, Scotland, United Kingdom ULM: KULM: New Ulm Municipal Airport: ... RAAF Woomera Airfield [1] Woomera, South Australia, Australia UMS: UEMU:
The Isle of Mull [6] or simply Mull [3] [7] (Scottish Gaelic: Muile ⓘ) [8] is the second-largest island of the Inner Hebrides (after Skye) and lies off the west coast of Scotland in the council area of Argyll and Bute. Covering 875.35 square kilometres (337.97 sq mi), Mull is the fourth-largest island in Scotland.
However, flying was also what brought about his premature death in December 1975. He took off for a brief flight in a Cessna from Glenforsa Airfield on the Isle of Mull in Scotland on Christmas Eve 1975, but failed to return. A search was mounted but no trace whatsoever could be found of him.
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2001 – Airfield closed, all RAF operations cease; 2001 – operations taken over by QinetiQ [4] In addition to the units listed above (and with manpower possibly drawn from some of them) a Mountain Rescue Team was based at West Freugh from 1945 to 1956. After 1956 the MRT at RAF Leuchars assumed responsibility for the area covered by West Freugh.
KGTF airport diagram On final approach for Runway 3 at GTF International Airport. Great Falls International Airport (IATA: GTF, ICAO: KGTF, FAA LID: GTF) is a public/military airport in city limits three miles southwest of central Great Falls in Cascade County, Montana, United States. [4]