River Esk, Dumfries and Galloway River Esk, Dumfries and Galloway The River Esk (), also called the Border Esk, is a river in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, that flows into the Solway Firth. It also flows for a small way through the English county of Cumbria before entering the Solway. The river rises in the hills to the east of Moffat and its two main tributaries, the Black Esk and the White Esk, merge at the southern end of Castle O'er Forest. It flows south east through Eskdale past Langholm before merging with Liddel Water (which defines the border between Scotland and England. Before passing
Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum and Galloway Aviation Group was formed to shepherd a display of these items, the obvious location for the new museum being the former RAF Dumfries. The museum opened to the public in 1977, initially housed in the old pilot's flight hut which was last occupied by the local Dumfries Gliding Club, giving the building a long history in aviation. The first complete airframes exhibited were a de Havilland Vampire T11 and a Gloster Meteor T7, acquired from the Royal Aircraft Establishment at West Freugh, an airfield 80 miles west of Dumfries. The opening ceremony was conducted by Michał Cwynar DFC,