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    Barra airport

    the only airport where the runway is the beach

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STqmbc8k9rU

    #2
    Originally posted by BR14 View Post
    the only airport where the runway is the beach

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STqmbc8k9rU
    Isn't it also the shortest scheduled flight in the world? 3 minutes to get there from the neighbouring island. Or something.

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      #3
      I also where the boy who lived before lived before.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Big Blue Plymouth View Post
        Isn't it also the shortest scheduled flight in the world? 3 minutes to get there from the neighbouring island. Or something.
        No. You're thinking of Kirkwall to Papa Westray

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          #5
          Originally posted by BR14 View Post
          the only airport where the runway is the beach
          And if you don't live near a beach....

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            #6
            Originally posted by stek View Post
            I also where the boy who lived before lived before.
            did you eat the sausages??? - i DID tell you

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              #7
              Originally posted by greenlake View Post
              And if you don't live near a beach....

              or the Hudson river??

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RpDNTbSsI0

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                #8
                Originally posted by Big Blue Plymouth View Post
                Isn't it also the shortest scheduled flight in the world? 3 minutes to get there from the neighbouring island. Or something.
                That's in the Orkney Islands.
                "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Acme Thunderer View Post
                    No. You're thinking of Kirkwall to Papa Westray
                    Nearly. It's Westray to Papa Westray, on two small islands next to each other. The flight lasts 53 seconds

                    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West...Westray_flight
                    Last edited by GJABS; 29 October 2017, 22:22.

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