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Old Photograph Plane To Tiree Scotland
Old photograph of the Northern Scottish Airways aeroplane to the Isle of Tiree located South West Of Coll which is West of Isle Of Mull, Scotland. On 5 December 1935 Northern and Scottish Airways, owned by George Nicholson, started a twice weekly flight from Glasgow to Skye. The twin engine six-seater de Havilland Dragon took 1½ hours to fly from Renfrew to Glenbrittle. It provided not only a valuable service to business men and tourists but also a much needed air ambulance. A network was built up serving such places as Barra, Belfast, Campbeltown, Inverness, Islay, North Uist, Perth, Skye, South Uist and Tiree. On 12 August 1937, Scottish Airways Ltd was formed to merge the operations of Northern & Scottish Airlines with Highland Airways Ltd. When war was declared in 1939 all internal air travel had to be suspended. The services to the islands were later re-instated but it was not until 1947 that the company was merged, along with other independent airline companies, to form British European Airways Corporation.
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