Port Laing
PORT LAING: Seaplane Station (Aka CARLIN NOSE and also spelt CARLINGNOSE)
Also described as being a Hydroplane Station
Military users: Initially the RFC Naval Wing. Later RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service)
Location: 0.5nm N to NNE of North Queensferry, just NE of the N end of the Forth Bridge
Period of operation: 1912 to 1917
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
Note: The fourth item, Picture One, is a photo published in the Edinburgh Evening News on the 3rd October 1912. Cdr. Samson RN is wearing the greatcoat.
The fifth item, Picture Two, is of Captain Gordon RN on the Short S41, probably the 70hp version? Picture Three shows the skipper, Cdr. Samson being brought ashore. Hardly a becoming method to arrive! Both the fourth and fifth items were published in The Aeroplane on the 10th October 1912.
Note: Both picture Four and the article were also published in The Aeroplane on the 10th October 1912. The area view is from my Google Earth © derived database.
NOTES: It would appear that when first established as an RFC Naval Wing seaplane base in 1912, they had two Short S.41s available. A 70hp version and a 100hp version.
When formed in May 1912, the RFC (Royal Flying Corps) had two purposes. By far the largest being to serve the Army, but also a Naval section. It was on the 1st July 1914 that the Royal Naval Air Service was formed, just before WW1 was declared on the 28th July. The primary purpose of the RNAS was to defend the British Isles or UK. The RFC bearing the brunt of aerial warfare on the Western Front, mostly in northern France but also Belgium.
A QUESTION?
Without any doubt trying to untangle so many of the details of our aviation history is often an impossible task today. This location being a good example. According to some reports this base was moved to Dundee in 1914. Yet others state it remained operational until 1917.
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