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Benbecula Airport
Benbecula Airport () is located on the island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, off the West Coast of Scotland. It is a small rural airport owned and maintained by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited. History Early years An airfield has existed on Benbecula since 1936 when Scottish Airways began operating to what was known as Balivanich Airfield, located on the north west corner of the island. Second World War Between 1941 and 1942, during the Second World War, the airfield became RAF Benbecula, when it came under the control of the Royal Air Force's No. 15 (GR) Group, Coastal Command. During this period it was home to aircraft carrying out patrols in the Atlantic, protecting shipping convoys from German U-Boats. Such missions were carried out by the Lockheed Hudson and latterly the Boeing Fortress and Vickers Wellington. At its peak, RAF Benbecula had several thousand troops stationed at the station and at several other sites around the islands. The followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highlands And Islands Airports
Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) () is a company based at Inverness Airport that owns and operates 11 airports in the Scottish Highlands, the Northern Isles and the Western Isles. It is a private limited company Government-owned corporation, wholly owned by the Scottish Government, and is categorised as Public bodies of the Scottish Government, Executive Non Departmental Public Body (ENDPB) of the Scottish Government. History Highlands and Islands Airports Limited was incorporated on 4 March 1986 by the Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom, Civil Aviation Authority. In 1995, ownership transferred from the CAA to the Secretary of State for Scotland, and to the Scottish Ministers upon devolution. The company was criticised for a Private Finance Initiative, PFI deal signed to build a new terminal at Inverness Airport, which meant that HIAL had to pay £3.50 to the PFI operator for every passenger flying from the airport. In 2006, the PFI deal was cancelled, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
U-boat
U-boats are Submarine#Military, naval submarines operated by Germany, including during the World War I, First and Second World Wars. The term is an Anglicization#Loanwords, anglicized form of the German word , a shortening of (), though the German term refers to any submarine. Austro-Hungarian Navy submarines were also known as U-boats. U-boats are most known for their unrestricted submarine warfare in both world wars, trying to Commerce raiding, disrupt merchant traffic towards the UK and force the UK out of the war. In World War I, Germany intermittently waged unrestricted submarine warfare against the United Kingdom, UK: a first campaign in 1915 was abandoned after strong protests from the US but in 1917 the Germans, facing deadlock on the continent, saw no other option than to resume the campaign in February 1917. The renewed campaign failed to achieve its goal mainly because of the introduction of Convoys in World War I, convoys. Instead the campaign ensured final defeat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loganair
Loganair is a Scottish regional airline headquartered at Glasgow Airport in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The airline primarily operates domestic flights within the United Kingdom. It is the largest regional airline in Scotland by passenger numbers and fleet size. In addition to its main base at Glasgow Airport, Glasgow, it has hubs at Aberdeen Airport, Aberdeen, Edinburgh Airport, Edinburgh, Inverness Airport, Inverness and Newcastle International Airport, Newcastle upon Tyne airports. It holds a Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom), United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence, permitting it to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats. History Early years Loganair was established on 1 February 1962 by Willie Logan (Loganair), Willie Logan of the Logan Construction Company Ltd, operating as its air charter arm with a Piper PA-23, Piper PA-23 Aztec based at Edinburgh. In 1967, Loganair took delivery of three Britten- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stornoway Airport
Stornoway Airport () is an airfield located east of the town of Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland. History The airfield was opened in 1937, and was then used mainly for military purposes. The Royal Air Force had an air base ( RAF Stornoway) there during the Second World War and also from 1972 until 1998, when it was a NATO forward operating base. During the Cold War, from 1960 to 1983, the airfield was the home of 112 Signals Unit Stornoway (RAF). NATO aircraft used the airport for missions over the North Atlantic and for stopovers en route to Greenland and the United States. Nowadays the airfield is mainly used for domestic passenger services. The Royal Mail have a daily mail flight. Bristow Helicopters operate helicopters equipped for search and rescue, on behalf of His Majesty's Coastguard. There are privately owned light aircraft based at the airport. The airport also has been used for cross-wind training of large jets, including the Airbus A350. Stornoway Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebridean Air Services
Hebridean Air Services is a small Scottish airline based in northern Scotland owned by Airtask Group Ltd. The airline flies charter, scenic, aerial photography and scheduled flights. It is the only airline to operate a service between Oban and Islay, Coll, Tiree and Colonsay islands; routes subsidised by Argyll and Bute Council. Since April 2024 they have also operated flights between Benbecula and Stornoway subsidised by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar for, gd, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, italic=no, Council of the Western Isles, paren=left; ) is the Local government in Scotland, local authority for ''Na h-Eileanan an Iar'' (the Western Isles, also known as the Outer Hebrides), one of the 32 co .... Destinations While the airline's primary base is Oban Airport, where scheduled flights are operated from, it offers charter services to over 40 airports and airfields within Scotland. Fleet As of 2024 the Hebridean Air Services fleet consists of the following aircraft: Previous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Uist
South Uist (, ; ) is the second-largest island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. At the 2011 census, it had a usually resident population of 1,754: a decrease of 64 since 2001. The island, in common with the rest of the Hebrides, is one of the last remaining strongholds of the Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic language in Scotland. South Uist's inhabitants are known in Gaelic as ''Deasaich'' (Southerners). The population is about 90% Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic. The island is home to a nature reserve and a number of sites of archaeology, archaeological interest, including the only location in the British Isles where prehistoric mummy, mummies have been found. In the northwest, there is a missile testing range. In 2006 South Uist, together with neighbouring Benbecula and Eriskay, was involved in Scotland's biggest-ever community ownership, community land buyout by Stòras Uibhist. The group also owns the "biggest community wind farm in Scotland", Lochcarnan, on South Uist which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Uist
North Uist (; ) is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Etymology In Donald Munro's ''A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland Called Hybrides'' of 1549, North Uist, Benbecula and South Uist are described as one island of ''Ywst'' (Uist). Starting in the south of this 'island', he described the division between South Uist and Benbecula where "the end heirof the sea enters, and cuts the countrey be ebbing and flowing through it". Further north of Benbecula he described North Uist as "this countrey is called Kenehnache of Ywst, that is in Englishe, the north head of Ywst".''A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland Called Hybrides''; Monro, Donald, 1549 Some have taken the etymology of Uist from Old Norse, meaning "west", much like Westray in Orkney. Another speculated derivation of Uist from Old Norse is ', derived from ' meaning "an abode, dwelling, domicile". A Gaelic etymology is also possible, with ' meaning "Crossings-island" or "Fords-isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
842 Naval Air Squadron
842 Naval Air Squadron (842 NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). The unit was established at HMS ''Daedalus'', RNAS Lee-on-Solent, in March 1943 as a Torpedo, Bomber, and Reconnaissance (TBR) squadron, initially equipped with Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers. It subsequently relocated to Scotland for further training, during which it acquired a fighter flight of Supermarine Seafires. In August, the squadron embarked on HMS ''Fencer'', providing anti-submarine support during the occupation of the Azores from October to November 1943. The squadron's fighter capabilities were enhanced in November by the addition of four Grumman Wildcats from 'A' Flight of 1832 Naval Air Squadron, one of which successfully shot down a German aircraft while escorting a convoy to Gibraltar in December. In February, a Fairey Swordfish sank U-666. The number of Fairey Swordfish increased aboard HMS ''Fencer'' to escort an Arctic convoy, where they en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
838 Naval Air Squadron
838 Naval Air Squadron (838 NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). It had formed and worked-up at RN Air Section Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, on 15 May 1942, and had flown across country to San Francisco, thirty-five and a half hours' flying time in a journey spread over seven and a half days. Established as a Torpedo, Bomber, Reconnaissance (TBR) squadron. It arrived at the US Naval Air Station at Alameda Island, California, in August, but did not board HMS ''Attacker'' until December. HMS ''Attacker'' went through the Panama Canal to HMS ''Asbury'', RNAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island, where the squadron stayed for two months starting January 1943, before re-boarding in March to escort a convoy from the Caribbean to the UK. After arriving at HMS ''Landrail'', RNAS Machrihanish, Scotland, in April, it took on Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC-ship) duties, relocating to RNAS Maydown, Northern Ireland, in June. The squadron was assigned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
819 Naval Air Squadron
819 Naval Air Squadron (819 NAS), also known as 819 Squadron, was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN). It most recently operated Westland Sea King between February 1971 and November 2001. Established in January 1940, at HMS ''Peregrine'', the Royal Naval Air Station at Ford, the squadron was sent to Coastal Command to protect the Dunkirk evacuation. In June 1940, the squadron joined HMS ''Illustrious'', serving in the North Atlantic before moving to the Mediterranean Fleet in August and participated in the Taranto attack in November. After HMS ''Illustrious'' was severely damaged in January 1941, the squadron was disbanded. Reformed at HMS ''Daedalus'', RNAS Lee-on-Solent, in October, the squadron was again assigned to Coastal Command, later. In April 1943 it embarked in HMS ''Archer'' and provided anti-submarine protection for North Atlantic convoys. It became the first squadron to sink a U-boat using rockets. The squadron later bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airfields Of Britain Conservation Trust
The Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust (ABCT), founded 2006, is a non-profit organisation that works to preserve and protect airfields in Great Britain, as well as educating people about their history. The Trust is a registered charity. They place inscribed memorial stones on or near disused airfields, which have included a memorial at Fambridge, Essex in February 2009, at Windermere in Cumbria in 2011 and at Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre in May 2012. Other memorial locations include Harrowbeer, Hatfield, Lanark, Leavesden, Matlaske, Okehampton, Podington Podington is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. The village is within the Wards of the United Kingdom, electoral ward of Harrold, Bedfordshire, Harrold in the Borough of Bedford. Podi ..., Swannington, Westcott and Woburn Park. References External links * Charities based in Glasgow Conservation in the United Kingdom Aviation histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
814 Naval Air Squadron
814 Naval Air Squadron or 814 NAS, nicknamed the Flying Tigers, is a squadron of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. It is currently equipped with the AgustaWestland Merlin HM2 anti-submarine warfare helicopter and is based at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose in Cornwall. The squadron was formed in December 1938 and has been disbanded and reformed several times. Role and equipment 814 Naval Air Squadron operates the AgustaWestland Merlin HM2 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter and is based at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall. In addition to its ASW role, it has capabilities in anti-piracy operations, delivery of humanitarian aid, casualty evacuation, medium lift under-slung loads (up to 3.8 tonnes), search and rescue, counter drugs and maritime patrol and security operations. The Merlin can be armed with BAE Systems Sting Ray torpedoes, Mark 11 depth charges and the Browning M3m .50 calibre machine gun. The squadron has over 200 personnel assigned to it and is the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
