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Old 02 April 2005, 19:02   #1
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On Thursday, I was lucky to fly over the Firth of Forth, Wick, Pentland Firth, Orkneys and Shetland in good visibility.

If anyone's interested (Keith Hart?) I've got more like this...
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I am.
Pl. e-mail me what you have.
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Richard, post them, I'm sure lotsa folk will appreciate aerial wiews.
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OK jw, here goes!

I may need correcting with some of the descriptions, so please shout if I've got any locations wrong. Brian, I'll email the full-res versions to you if you like.

The first is, I think, the river Forth, actually taken about three weeks ago from a 737. The rest are taken from a Saab 340 the biggest in the Loganair fleet!
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Landing and take-off from Wick with views of Noss Head and the Lighthouse.
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Pentland Firth, Stroma and South Ronaldsay.
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I'm a little less certain about identifying the Orkney Islands further north, but I think these are Stronsay, Sanday, Eday and north Ronaldsay.
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And the destination - Shetland.
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Flying out on Friday morning was a bit rougher...

Here's the view of Sumburgh Head - the plane has to bank steeply to the right immediately after take-off to avoid the hillside!
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The first is, I think, the river Forth, ...

Er, nope. Nothing like, sorry.

Good pics though.
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