My late father in law Stan Lawrence flew to Barra many times in I believe the 1960s. He said ground control was a woman in a wooden shed with a handheld radio! He joined the Raf and flew meteors ,his wife thought him very childish when he flew over her house and waggled his wings are her when they lived on the Wirral! He went on to fly for many years and ended up as a senior captain for British airways On my list to go there sometime for myself ,looks like an interesting ride!
if well taken care of twin otters handle it very well. in the maldives they have about 50+ twin otters operating all in saltwater way busier than these operators and in 30+ years so far zero fatal accidents. the very few incidents and non really structural related
I heard of this airport before. Interesting is the interview with the airport manager/controller. I believe the air port is closed high tide or high cross wind...of course. That is one nice aircraft that I have not flow in yet...twin otter. That thing has some real thrust and lift to get that kind of STOL performance on wet sand. Aircraft tires are high pressure that makes them want to sink in. Another small STOL that could use this runway and regularly uses grass ( search for missionary bush pilot new guinea) is the Kodiak. Either is real hands on flying, the Kodiak often alone.
From Plane Spotters Net : Manufacturer Serial Number (MSN) 918 Aircraft Type: Built as Viking DHC-6 Twin Otter Test Registration C-FVIK Production Site Calgary (YYC) Delivered to Loganair May 2015 leased from Highlands and Islands Airports painted in "Flag of Scotland" special colours
That is so cool, Barra is definitely one of my dream spotting locations. Great footage!
thank you very much for taking time to browse by, i am grateful. :-) i wish you continued opportunities for spotting, too!
My late father in law Stan Lawrence flew to Barra many times in I believe the 1960s.
He said ground control was a woman in a wooden shed with a handheld radio!
He joined the Raf and flew meteors ,his wife thought him very childish when he flew over her house and waggled his wings are her when they lived on the Wirral!
He went on to fly for many years and ended up as a senior captain for British airways
On my list to go there sometime for myself ,looks like an interesting ride!
thank you for sharing these memories of yours, David. i can only imagine. the early jets were the best. do try to make the trip :-)
Great video. There must be some pretty intense corrosion inspections done on these aircraft, operating in an environmental like that.
thank you for taking the time to browse by, and for the encouragement, Richard. i am really grateful. :-)
if well taken care of twin otters handle it very well. in the maldives they have about 50+ twin otters operating all in saltwater way busier than these operators
and in 30+ years so far zero fatal accidents. the very few incidents and non really structural related
I heard of this airport before. Interesting is the interview with the airport manager/controller. I believe the air port is closed high tide or high cross wind...of course.
That is one nice aircraft that I have not flow in yet...twin otter. That thing has some real thrust and lift to get that kind of STOL performance on wet sand. Aircraft tires are high pressure that makes them want to sink in. Another small STOL that could use this runway and regularly uses grass ( search for missionary bush pilot new guinea) is the Kodiak. Either is real hands on flying, the Kodiak often alone.
Saw (and photographed) that very same Twin Otter over Dundee today.
there is so much to Scotland i have not yet seen. thank you, stonefaction!
From Plane Spotters Net :
Manufacturer Serial Number (MSN) 918
Aircraft Type: Built as Viking DHC-6 Twin Otter
Test Registration C-FVIK
Production Site Calgary (YYC)
Delivered to Loganair May 2015
leased from Highlands and Islands Airports
painted in "Flag of Scotland" special colours
Nothing like getting a tide chart out before taking off or landing 🤪
Seen grass runways before...first time seeing a beach runway
Copalis Beach, Washington State US. May through September.
Beautiful plane what it name where is made original ❤
hello :-) it is made in Canada :-) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-6_Twin_Otter
i did this a few years ago just for the experience - it was well worth it!😁😁😁😁😁
for sure, John! thank you for browsing by!
Off pretty quick.
Twin Otter for the win :-) thank you for browsing by, paramotorpilot! :-) 🙂
An intresting runway...🙂
A plane taking off from a beach. Of course it’s a “Twotter “.
the one and only! :-) thank you, cdnmetelhead4013!