Midland & Scottish Air Ferries was Scotland's first airline, operating from 1933 to 1934. It is particularly noted for pioneering flights to the Inner...
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History. Retrieved 30 July 2021. "Alderney Air Charter". Airline History. Retrieved 31 July 2021. "Alderney Air Ferries". Airline History. Retrieved 7 September...
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Air Service Training Ltd. Commercial Air Hire Imperial Airways Midland and Scottish Air Ferries Wilson Airways (Kenya based) Egypt Egyptian Army Air...
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Glenegedale), a route that had been pioneered by John Sword's Midland & Scottish Air Ferries. The new route made a slow start, but by the following summer...
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scheduled passenger service was started in 1933 by the Scottish airline Midland & Scottish Air Ferries. This service consisted of two daily flights each way...
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Transport in Scotland is facilitated by road, rail, air and water networks. The Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament has control over most elements...
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Commercial Air Hire ♠ Great Western & Southern Air Lines Highland Airways Limited ♠ Hillman's Airways♠ Jersey Airways ♠ Midland & Scottish Air Ferries ♠ Northern...
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(later PB-2) with the United States Army Air Corps April 6 – Avro 642 Eighteen with Midland & Scottish Air Ferries Ltd Couzinet 71 with Aéropostale Grumman...
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April 30 – The first air service internal to Scotland, Renfrew–Campbeltown, begins, operated by Midland & Scottish Air Ferries Ltd. Winifred Drinkwater...
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RAF Machrihanish (redirect from Royal Air Force Machrihanish)
flights to Islay, Renfrew and Belfast by Midland & Scottish Air Ferries. The airfield was requisitioned by the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) in 1940 and in April 1941...
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Hillman's Airways Midland & Scottish Air Ferries North West Air Services Northern & Scottish Airways Olley Air Service Provincial Airways Scottish Motor Traction...
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British India Himalaya Air Transport and Survey Company Ltd United Kingdom Air Publicity Ltd Midland & Scottish Air Ferries Ltd National Aviation Day...
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London. 30 April – First air service internal to Scotland, Renfrew–Campbeltown, operated by Midland & Scottish Air Ferries Ltd. Winifred Drinkwater,...
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Air Transport Command (ATC) was a United States Air Force unit that was created during World War II as the strategic airlift component of the United States...
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Highlands and Islands Medical Service (category History of the Scottish Highlands)
established employing 175 nurses. 1933 first Air ambulance journey, from Islay on a Midland & Scottish Air Ferries flight to Glasgow 1934 Consultant surgeons...
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Islay Airport (category Articles containing Scottish Gaelic-language text)
services were provided from Glasgow via Campbeltown by the Midland and Scottish Air Ferries company. However, this was short-lived as the company closed...
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TSS Duke of Lancaster (1955) (category Ferries of the United Kingdom)
that time, also a ferry operator). She was a replacement for the 1928 steamer, Duke of Lancaster, built by the London Midland and Scottish Railway. Built...
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Sealink (redirect from Sealink British Ferries)
£66m. The company was renamed Sealink British Ferries. In 1991, Sea Containers sold Sealink British Ferries to Stena Line. The sale excluded the operations...
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April – First domestic flight service in Scotland, Renfrew to Campbeltown, operated by Midland & Scottish Air Ferries Ltd. Winifred Drinkwater, "the world's...
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Indian National Airways United Kingdom Commercial Air Hire Midland and Scottish Air Ferries Royal Air Force Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919...
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with the TT Races, whilst the others were operated by Midland & Scottish Air Ferries with one being a private aircraft on charter to the Daily Mail. During...
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Winifred Drinkwater (category Scottish aviators)
Drinkwater was employed by John Cuthill Sword, the owner of Midland & Scottish Air Ferries as a commercial pilot. She made her first scheduled flight from...
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Manx Airlines (redirect from Manx Air Charters)
Hill air disaster. The airline was absorbed by Silver City Airways in 1958 and then merged with Channel Air Bridge to form British United Air Ferries in...
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Transport in the United Kingdom (section Ferries)
other ports. Orkney Ferries provides services within the Orkney Isles; and NorthLink Ferries provides services from the Scottish mainland to Orkney and...
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F-100. At the same time, the squadron began ferrying the F-86s to Prestwick, Scotland, and Châteauroux-Déols Air Base in France for disposal. On 18 July 1958...
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road to Fiddler's Ferry". Rail Enthusiast. EMAP National Publications. pp. 14, 23–24. ISSN 0262-561X. OCLC 49957965. "North Midland Construction". Archived...
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Northern Counties Committee (redirect from Midland Railway (Belfast and Northern Counties Railway Purchase) Act 1903)
British railway companies, the Committee became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). After the nationalisation of Britain's railways in...
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The Scottish Region (ScR) was one of the six regions created on British Railways (BR) and consisted of ex-London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and...
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Highland Airways Limited (category Defunct airlines of Scotland)
Croydon Airport. John Sword, of Midland & Scottish Air Ferries, also lent Fresson De Havilland Fox Moth G-ACCT and Airspeed Ferry G-ACBT for around two weeks...
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List of Mayday episodes (redirect from List of air crash investigation episodes)
known as Air Crash Investigation(s) outside of the United States and Canada and also known as Mayday: Air Disaster (The Weather Channel) or Air Disasters...
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