Times Subject to Tides: The Story of Barra AirportThis publication looks at the history of Barra Airport. Early chapters look at the location of the airport and trace its use through a succession of operators and aircraft types. Further chapters focus on some of the personalities associated with Traigh Mhor. |
Contents
Foreword by Dr Winifred M Ewing | 11 |
Tràigh Mhòr Snapshots | 33 |
Fresh Row over Shorts on the Beach | 49 |
Passage to Barra | 63 |
Conclusion | 79 |
Acknowledgements | 92 |
Common terms and phrases
air ambulance air ambulance flights Air Ambulance Service air service airfield Airlines of Britain airstrip Aviation Barra Airport BEA's beach Benbecula Britain Holdings British Airways British European Airways British Regional Airlines Britten-Norman Islander Campbeltown Captain David Barclay Castlebay Chief Pilot cockles Coddy Comhairle nan Eilean Compton Mackenzie crew David Barclay DHC-6 Twin Otter Dragon Rapide Eoligarry Eric Starling Eriskay flying G-AOFY hard runway Hebridean Hebrides Heron aircraft Highland Airways Highlands and Islands Iain Hutchison Inverness Islands Airports Ltd Islay John MacPherson Katie MacPherson Kirkwall landings at Barra Loganair MacBrayne machair Manx Airlines Midland & Scottish nan Eilean Siar North Uist Northbay Northern & Scottish Orosay patients Photo Renfrew route sand scheduled services Scotland Scott Grier Scottish Air Ambulance Scottish Air Ferries service to Barra Shorts South Uist Stornoway Suidheachan summer timetable Tiree Tràigh Eais Tràigh Mhòr Trislander Twin Otter Twin Otter operation Vatersay weather Western Isles Whisky Galore