I live 20 minutes down the road from the Tain range, and I've spotted Tornados in action there a few times - most recently when visiting Tarbat Ness, as one from Lossie was on the range doing low-level runs. I'd quite like to try and capture the range in use and I wondered if anyone had any tips for good locations to catch aircraft on approach/exit, or using the range? I had a read through of an old thread here, but as it's around four years out of date are there any changes to keep in mind? In terms of locations:
-- The beach at Inver looked like a reasonable spot for catching the range in use, as from what I could tell from looking at the position of the range on a map and the approach I've seen aircraft taking, they should pass directly opposite the beach on runs and short of being on the range itself it's about as close as you can get.
-- The point at Tarbat Ness or Portmahomack seem to be good for catching low-level approaches to the range (I've seen the YouTube videos of Tornados coming in low over a fishing boat just off the point).
-- Struie Hill. A bit more out-of-the-way, but possibly good for catching aircraft coming down the Firth.
Also, is there a reliable way of finding out when the range is likely to be in use?
(I did spot someone suggesting driving up to the tower to take photos, but I did get the impression that might have been either a one-off or a leg-pull...
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