On 2014-07-22 13:11:14 +0000, Andrew Chaplin
<ab.chaplin@yourfinger.rogers.com> said:
> PilotJedi <PilotJedi.e1411d0@aviationbanter.com> wrote in
> news:PilotJedi.e1411d0@aviationbanter.com:
>
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>> 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]
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>> [image: http://i.imgur.com/GBLFk24l.jpg]
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>> Full Album here : http://tinyurl.com/ng8shom
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> You need to get these things right, it is "Barra," not "Berra."
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barra#Transport
Yogi would be disappointed. ;-)
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Regards,
Savageduck
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