The flight this plane has just completed is in the Guinness Book of Records as the Worlds Shortest Scheduled Flight.
It is from Papa Westray to nearby Westray, in the Orkneys. The record is 52 seconds from take off to landing !!
We were standing at the airstrip on Westray, by its little office. We had watched the plane land on Papa Westray, saw it taxi over to the even smaller office. Could not see if anyone got on or off, and then it took off again. We watched the entire journey over to Westray where we were standing. Two passengers got off, and two more got on, and it took off again, heading to Kirkwall.
The next day, over on Papa Westray, we got talking to a young lady, who for several years used the plane to get to school and back, every day.
Here is a link to the route of the entire flight.........
Cool shot but weird journey. Reminds me of a story I heard recently about a woman who worked in NYC but lived in South Carolina. She said it was cheaper for her to live in SC, fly to Newark, NJ airport in the morning and take an Uber into NYC than it was to rent an apartment and live in NYC.
@gardencat And probably a better life style overall. Just shows how crazy a world we live in. Property prices and transport costs are just so all over the place.
We are two hours away from London by train, maybe double that driving, but if you suddenly need to go and have to pay on the day, it’s cheaper to drive and pay for parking and congestion zone fees ??? Cheapest is often to fly, and get a train in from the airport ??
We are two hours away from London by train, maybe double that driving, but if you suddenly need to go and have to pay on the day, it’s cheaper to drive and pay for parking and congestion zone fees ??? Cheapest is often to fly, and get a train in from the airport ??