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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Photo credits
- 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
- Clint Mann, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Hugh Venables, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Andy Farrington, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Aleks Scholz, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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New Scapa RoadMound(s) (possible) · 1535 yd
BorrowstonehillAnti Tank Ditch (20th Century) · 1541 yd
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Juniata: Point of Grimsetter, Inganess Bay, Orkney, North SeaTanker (20th Century)-(1939) · 1689 yd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4469638.jpg/250px-Wreck_of_the_Juniata_(detail)_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4469638.jpg "Photo: Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0")
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