#leuchars

[j-r-macready]

XE601/"Team Viper" by Neil Bates Via Flickr: Wearing the raspberry ripple scheme worn by the A&AEE at Boscombe Down,Wiltshire. Taken during the display at RAF Leuchars airshow 2010

[lahilden]

Earlshall Castle

Earlshall Castle is located in Fife, Scotland. Sir William Bruce began construction on the castle in 1546, and he received Mary Queen of Scots at Earlshall in 1561. The castle has eight reception rooms, ten bedrooms, six bathrooms, two dressing rooms, a great hall, and a long gallery with a painted ceiling. The castle was built with a central block, offset towers, and large windows, instead of the narrow windows used for defense, but musket loops and smaller windows were placed in various positions to protect against attack. Earlshall Castle sits on 53 acres with several outbuildings, a five-car garage, three cottages, an arched gatehouse, a courtyard, and a well-known walled garden. The garden has ancient stone walls and various gardens inside of gardens that are divided by yew trees and holly hedges. The property has a topiary lawn, a rose terrace, an orchard, a bowling green, a yew walk, and a secret garden. The Bruce family died out in 1708 and the castle was inherited by Henderson of Fordell, who sold the castle in 1824. The castle fell into disrepair until Robert Mackenzie purchased the castle in 1890. Mackenzie had the castle restored. The castle is privately owned, but the gardens are open to the public at various times.

[blacklobster1-blog]

Victorian silver chamberstick with built in snuffer and Vesta, W.Leuchars London 1889 #blacklobstergallery #chamberstick #sterlingsilver #silver #victorian #Leuchars #antiques #candles #candle #silverware #sterling #antiques #antique #etsy

[j-r-macready]

Harrier GR3 ZD670 '3C' 233 Operational Conversion Unit by Mark McEwan Via Flickr: 31 August 1991, RAF Leuchars Part of a small static display for 43 Squadron's 75th Anniversary Families Day. Typically, the day was blighted by sea haar rolling in from the North Sea and the small flying display was cancelled. When this shot was taken, 233 OCU was operating a mix of legacy Harrier GR3 and the new Harrier IIs (GR5) during the transition phase to the latter, hence the the 3* tailcode prefix. The code "P" can still be seen on the landing gear outrigger - evidence of its previous life with 4 Squadron at RAF Gütersloh in West Germany.

[j-r-macready]

Lockheed CP-140 Aurora 140116 Royal Canadian Air Force by Mark McEwan Via Flickr: 28 September 2012, RAF Leuchars

[j-r-macready]

Canberra T4 WJ879 'BH' 231 Operational Conversion Unit by Mark McEwan Via Flickr: 25 March 1992, RAF Leuchars Not the greatest of print scans I'm afraid, taken on a Practica MTL-50 with a Pentacon 135mm lens in poor light, but it's the only shot I have of a Canberra wearing 231 OCU markings.

[j-r-macready]

Tornado F3 ZE942 'DF' 11(F) Squadron by Mark McEwan Via Flickr: 17 November 2005, RAF Leuchars

[j-r-macready]

General Dynamics F-16BM Fighting Falcon 304 by Mark McEwan Via Flickr: 8 September 2013, RAF Leuchars