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Fresson Cairn

Memorial

What is recorded here

On 8th May 1933 Capt Ted Fresson in Highland Airways Monospar G-ACEW landed the first scheduled air service from Inverness on this site which was Orkney's first aerodrome

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  • Bob Jones, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mark Crook, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • David Wyatt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Aleks Scholz, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Derek Mayes, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Alan Reid, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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