Operation Megalithic Lift - The Stones and the Stars: Building Scotland's Newest Megalith - page 214

F IG . 7.18 ( a ) Second stone (Rigel rising alignment). ( b ) Rigel stone in flight
rotor blades and stepped up the power (giving those of us out of
sight over the hill a nasty moment) and lifted the stone without
further trouble, although this time he flew straight into the wind
instead of angling the helicopter to it.
“Duncan…” Keith Fraser began menacingly, but I was not in
the mood.
“It's in the air, Keith!” I interrupted, “and it only has 200
yards to go. There is no point in worrying about it now.” Sure
enough, the net held during the traverse of the hilltop, and the
megalith's main structure was completed (Fig. 7.23 ) . With the help
of the Royal Navy, we had given a ring of truth to the legends that
stones were transported to the megalith sites through the air.
In 1998, Norman Leask was to be the pilot of a helicopter that
saved ten seamen from a Bahamian registered vessel sinking off
Shetland, and gained an MBE. (His winchman, who was washed
overboard and died, got the George Medal). But somewhere in the
final photos taken from the Sea King during 'Operation Megalithic