RAF Heathhall was a World War II airfield on the outskirts of Dumfries, approximately three miles from the town centre. Post war it saw some use as a civilian airfield. Had it remained open, Dumfries Airport would have been very convenient for x-markers visiting Ferintosh guesthouse, but instead the hangar doors closed for the last time during the 1960's. Or did they?
The RAF guard house at the entrance still stands and now forms the estates office for what is now Heathhall Industrial Estate, Dumfries.
Most of the World War II buildings still survive, now in industrial use.
A small part of the site is devoted to an aviation museum.
There is an international collection of old warbirds. Behind me here is a Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star, the USAF's earliest jet fighter type, and to the right a RAF Vampire.
A better look at the Teebird
An F-100 Super Sabre
A Swedish Saab Draken
A French built Dassault Mystere
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