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Subject: Re: Berra Airport- No Ordinary Airport
From: Andrew Chaplin <ab.chaplin@yourfinger.rogers.com>
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PilotJedi <PilotJedi.e1411d0@aviationbanter.com> wrote in
news:PilotJedi.e1411d0@aviationbanter.com:
>
> Berra Airport in Scotland is one of the most spectacular and beautiful
> airports in the world, it's also one of it's kind. What makes this
> airport so unique is that planes land simply on the beach. During
> low-tide there are three runways. Marked with wooden poles at each end
> and at night car lights and reflective strips laid on to the beach help
> the pilots land. The Traigh Mhor or the bay where the airport is was
> famous for its cockles until aircraft started to use the beach on 14
> June 1933. Even today the beach is open for public, only a windsock
> indicates weather an aircraft is coming and the beach should be cleared
> out. But don't be fooled Berra Airports has the same regulations as any
> airport in the world has, and safety is as important there as in any
> airport.
>
> [image: http://i.imgur.com/CVglY3dl.jpg]
>
> [image: http://i.imgur.com/GBLFk24l.jpg]
>
> Full Album here : http://tinyurl.com/ng8shom
You need to get these things right, it is "Barra," not "Berra."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barra#Transport
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Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)
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