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My fifth aircraft kit and my third De Havilland Canada (DHC)-6 Twin Otter, 1/72 scale kit by Revell (Matchbox mould). Third time around and I feel that I’ve finally got it, even managed to get the nose weight right this time! The kit did fight me at the end, the main gear both choosing to come unstuck, and, as with the others the kit had required some light sanding/filing. Clearly that hasn’t put me off at all, and I’ve found this and the Airfix Islander to be brilliant introductions to kit aircraft.

Again I have portrayed G-BVVK, the first time was as she flies now - “Spirit of Eilidh” in Loganair tartan livery. This time it’s British Airways and their smart “Chatham Dockyard” livery with “operated by Loganair” on the nose.

VK was new to Wideroe in 1980 as LN-BEZ, spending 14 years in Norway before transferring to Scotland. Arriving first to Southend, VK was painted in British Airways “Landor” livery with BA Express branding. She would go on to wear Chatham, as here, then Flybe white & sky blue and finally (to date), Loganair tartan. As I type this, I’m watching FlightRadar24 as the real VK makes final approach to Tiree. 6 liveries later, 45 years on from her first flight at DHC in Ontario and “Spirit of Eilidh” as she is now known, still graces Scotland’s sky.

Also pictured is G-BOMG, a Britten Norman Islander made using the Airfix kit. Also painted into British Airways’ Chatham livery, and again bearing Loganair decals on the nose, Mike Golf also wears the crest of the Scottish Ambulance Service. This is because from 1967 to 2006, Loganair held the Air Ambulance contract. Tragically the real Mike Golf crashed into the sea in 2005, on approach to Campbeltown Airport at night on an Ambulance tasking. Both Pilot and Flight Paramedic were killed. Gama Aviation would take over the Air Ambulance contract the following year, using Beechcraft King Air for fixed wing provision.

I always post my new pictures here first, however you can now find me on Facebook. My page is www.facebook.com/share/12HatwrDkgB/?mibextid=wwXIfr “Scottish Scale Model Transport”.
My group is www.facebook.com/share/g/16ArHb6CVh/?mibextid=wwXIfr “Scottish Transport Models & Dioramas”.

Both transfer sets are from Two Six - www.26decals.com

My fifth aircraft kit and my third De Havilland Canada (DHC)-6 Twin Otter, 1/72 scale kit by Revell (Matchbox mould). Third time around and I feel that I’ve finally got it, even managed to get the nose weight right this time! The kit did fight me at the end, the main gear both choosing to come unstuck, and, as with the others the kit had required some light sanding/filing. Clearly that hasn’t put me off at all, and I’ve found this and the Airfix Islander to be brilliant introductions to kit aircraft.

Again I have portrayed G-BVVK, the first time was as she flies now - “Spirit of Eilidh” in Loganair tartan livery. This time it’s British Airways and their smart “Chatham Dockyard” livery with “operated by Loganair” on the nose.

VK was new to Wideroe in 1980 as LN-BEZ, spending 14 years in Norway before transferring to Scotland. Arriving first to Southend, VK was painted in British Airways “Landor” livery with BA Express branding. She would go on to wear Chatham, as here, then Flybe white & sky blue and finally (to date), Loganair tartan. As I type this, I’m watching FlightRadar24 as the real VK makes final approach to Tiree. 6 liveries later, 45 years on from her first flight at DHC in Ontario and “Spirit of Eilidh” as she is now known, still graces Scotland’s sky.

I always post my new pictures here first, however you can now find me on Facebook. My page is www.facebook.com/share/12HatwrDkgB/?mibextid=wwXIfr “Scottish Scale Model Transport”.
My group is www.facebook.com/share/g/16ArHb6CVh/?mibextid=wwXIfr “Scottish Transport Models & Dioramas”.

My fifth aircraft kit and my third De Havilland Canada (DHC)-6 Twin Otter, 1/72 scale kit by Revell (Matchbox mould). Third time around and I feel that I’ve finally got it, even managed to get the nose weight right this time! The kit did fight me at the end, the main gear both choosing to come unstuck, and, as with the others the kit had required some light sanding/filing. Clearly that hasn’t put me off at all, and I’ve found this and the Airfix Islander to be brilliant introductions to kit aircraft.

Again I have portrayed G-BVVK, the first time was as she flies now - “Spirit of Eilidh” in Loganair tartan livery. This time it’s British Airways and their smart “Chatham Dockyard” livery with “operated by Loganair” on the nose.

VK was new to Wideroe in 1980 as LN-BEZ, spending 14 years in Norway before transferring to Scotland. Arriving first to Southend, VK was painted in British Airways “Landor” livery with BA Express branding. She would go on to wear Chatham, as here, then Flybe white & sky blue and finally (to date), Loganair tartan. As I type this, I’m watching FlightRadar24 as the real VK makes final approach to Tiree. 6 liveries later, 45 years on from her first flight at DHC in Ontario and “Spirit of Eilidh” as she is now known, still graces Scotland’s sky.

I always post my new pictures here first, however you can now find me on Facebook. My page is www.facebook.com/share/12HatwrDkgB/?mibextid=wwXIfr “Scottish Scale Model Transport”.
My group is www.facebook.com/share/g/16ArHb6CVh/?mibextid=wwXIfr “Scottish Transport Models & Dioramas”.

My fifth aircraft kit and my third De Havilland Canada (DHC)-6 Twin Otter, 1/72 scale kit by Revell (Matchbox mould). Third time around and I feel that I’ve finally got it, even managed to get the nose weight right this time! The kit did fight me at the end, the main gear both choosing to come unstuck, and, as with the others the kit had required some light sanding/filing. Clearly that hasn’t put me off at all, and I’ve found this and the Airfix Islander to be brilliant introductions to kit aircraft.

Again I have portrayed G-BVVK, the first time was as she flies now - “Spirit of Eilidh” in Loganair tartan livery. This time it’s British Airways and their smart “Chatham Dockyard” livery with “operated by Loganair” on the nose.

VK was new to Wideroe in 1980 as LN-BEZ, spending 14 years in Norway before transferring to Scotland. Arriving first to Southend, VK was painted in British Airways “Landor” livery with BA Express branding. She would go on to wear Chatham, as here, then Flybe white & sky blue and finally (to date), Loganair tartan. As I type this, I’m watching FlightRadar24 as the real VK makes final approach to Tiree. 6 liveries later, 45 years on from her first flight at DHC in Ontario and “Spirit of Eilidh” as she is now known, still graces Scotland’s sky.

I always post my new pictures here first, however you can now find me on Facebook. My page is www.facebook.com/share/12HatwrDkgB/?mibextid=wwXIfr “Scottish Scale Model Transport”.
My group is www.facebook.com/share/g/16ArHb6CVh/?mibextid=wwXIfr “Scottish Transport Models & Dioramas”.

My fifth aircraft kit and my third De Havilland Canada (DHC)-6 Twin Otter, 1/72 scale kit by Revell (Matchbox mould). Third time around and I feel that I’ve finally got it, even managed to get the nose weight right this time! The kit did fight me at the end, the main gear both choosing to come unstuck, and, as with the others the kit had required some light sanding/filing. Clearly that hasn’t put me off at all, and I’ve found this and the Airfix Islander to be brilliant introductions to kit aircraft.

Again I have portrayed G-BVVK, the first time was as she flies now - “Spirit of Eilidh” in Loganair tartan livery. This time it’s British Airways and their smart “Chatham Dockyard” livery with “operated by Loganair” on the nose.

VK was new to Wideroe in 1980 as LN-BEZ, spending 14 years in Norway before transferring to Scotland. Arriving first to Southend, VK was painted in British Airways “Landor” livery with BA Express branding. She would go on to wear Chatham, as here, then Flybe white & sky blue and finally (to date), Loganair tartan. As I type this, I’m watching FlightRadar24 as the real VK makes final approach to Tiree. 6 liveries later, 45 years on from her first flight at DHC in Ontario and “Spirit of Eilidh” as she is now known, still graces Scotland’s sky.

I always post my new pictures here first, however you can now find me on Facebook. My page is www.facebook.com/share/12HatwrDkgB/?mibextid=wwXIfr “Scottish Scale Model Transport”.
My group is www.facebook.com/share/g/16ArHb6CVh/?mibextid=wwXIfr “Scottish Transport Models & Dioramas”.

My fifth aircraft kit and my third De Havilland Canada (DHC)-6 Twin Otter, 1/72 scale kit by Revell (Matchbox mould). Third time around and I feel that I’ve finally got it, even managed to get the nose weight right this time! The kit did fight me at the end, the main gear both choosing to come unstuck, and, as with the others the kit had required some light sanding/filing. Clearly that hasn’t put me off at all, and I’ve found this and the Airfix Islander to be brilliant introductions to kit aircraft.

Again I have portrayed G-BVVK, the first time was as she flies now - “Spirit of Eilidh” in Loganair tartan livery. This time it’s British Airways and their smart “Chatham Dockyard” livery with “operated by Loganair” on the nose.

VK was new to Wideroe in 1980 as LN-BEZ, spending 14 years in Norway before transferring to Scotland. Arriving first to Southend, VK was painted in British Airways “Landor” livery with BA Express branding. She would go on to wear Chatham, as here, then Flybe white & sky blue and finally (to date), Loganair tartan. As I type this, I’m watching FlightRadar24 as the real VK makes final approach to Tiree. 6 liveries later, 45 years on from her first flight at DHC in Ontario and “Spirit of Eilidh” as she is now known, still graces Scotland’s sky.

I always post my new pictures here first, however you can now find me on Facebook. My page is www.facebook.com/share/12HatwrDkgB/?mibextid=wwXIfr “Scottish Scale Model Transport”.
My group is www.facebook.com/share/g/16ArHb6CVh/?mibextid=wwXIfr “Scottish Transport Models & Dioramas”.

This is my fourth airplane kit, my second Britten Norman Islander. It is the 1/72 scale Airfix kit. While my first appears to be from the original 1970’s run, in the first box and made of yellow plastic, this was in a larger box and grey plastic. This kit also offered adaptions to model the military BN Defender instead.

I have painted her as G-BOMG, operated by Loganair (as per the nose decals), in British Airways “Chatham Dockyard” livery. Also wearing Scottish Ambulance Service crests, as Mike Golf additionally operated as an Air Ambulance. Whilst researching the aircraft I learned, with sadness, that it crashed in 2005. During the night of March 15th, BOMG was tasked on an Urgent call (within 3 hours) for a 10yom C/o Abdo Pain ?Appendicitis. The pilot appeared to struggle maintaining headings and the aircraft crashed into the sea on approach to Campbeltown, tragically killing both the pilot and flight Paramedic.

The following year SAS would contract Gama Aviation for both fixed wing and helicopter ambulance services. Loganair had provided this since 1967. G-SASC, a Gama operated King Air, carried the name of Paramedic John McCreanor of Paisley Station, lost in the crash of Mike Golf.

Loganair continue to fly the BN Islander, famously on the shortest commercial flight in the world. The Islander remains a popular, rugged aircraft, still in production to this day. Building of the Islander returned to the Isle of Wight in recent years.

I always post my new pictures here first, however you can now find me on Facebook. My page is www.facebook.com/share/12HatwrDkgB/?mibextid=wwXIfr “Scottish Scale Model Transport”.
My group is www.facebook.com/share/g/16ArHb6CVh/?mibextid=wwXIfr “Scottish Transport Models & Dioramas”.

Piper PA-30-160 Twin Commanche B

Piper PA-30-160 Twin Commanche B

Piper PA-30-160 Twin Commanche B

Piper PA-30-160 Twin Commanche B

“High speed taxi planes that can come and go from a giant ‘mother’ air transport at will are proposed as means of providing fast, non-stop transcontinental air service. The smaller ship, released over a city, would land at the airport to discharge and take on passengers and freight, then soar upwards again to catch up with the slower airliner.

“As may be seen from the sketch, the method of launching the taxi plane is very similar to that used by the U.S. Navy in handling pursuit planes on dirigibles. A trapeze crane lifts the small ship into the hull of the transport, where passengers may be transferred to roomy quarters on the airliner.” [From the accompanying magazine article]

Also mentioned on the cover is an article by then RCA President, David Sarnoff, titled “Television Will Carry the Mails.” In that article, Sarnoff discusses a facsimile system that transmits images, receives images and records them on paper for delivery by messenger. The images are transmitted and received using television-like technology. This was in 1935 when television itself was still in its infancy and not yet available commercially. RCA introduced commercial television to the public at the New York World’s Fair in 1939.

David Sarnoff's vision of a facsimile system, however, was way ahead of its time in 1935. While the concept of transmitting images using television-like technology was explored, the first commercial facsimile systems weren’t widely available until the 1960s. The early systems were often large, expensive, and not very reliable. It wasn't until the 1960s that more practical and affordable facsimile machines were introduced to the public.

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Piper PA-28R-201T Turbo Arrow III

Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee E

September 2024 - [RHO/LGRP] Rhodes - Diagoras

"AIRCAT 342" to Aalborg.

cn 34904, delivered to Spicejet as VT-SPR in 2007. Former TC-IZI with Pegasus.

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Piper PA-28R-201T Turbo Arrow III