Tag Archives: air travel

2013.20.1

Booklet `Winds of Change` 2004

Booklet tracing the history of Tiree`s weather station and early flights to the island, the RAF, traditional methods of forecasting the weather and weather extremes. Researched by Dr John Holliday for a summer exhibition at An Iodhlann.

2012.124.2

Booklet: Pilot`s Notes for the Blenheim V Aeroplane, 1942

Orange card&string-bound booklet produced by the Air Ministry during 1942, with sections on `Pilot`s controls and equipment` and `Handling and flying` for the Blenheim V aeroplane with two Mercury XV or 25 engines. Includes a photograph of the aircraft, diagrams and signed ammendment certificates. The Blenheim landed on Tiree during the war.

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2011.117.1

Magazine article about the `Golf Ball` on Beinn Hynish, ca. 1996.

News article from `Airway`, the magazine of the Civil Aviation Authority/NATS about the radar station or `Golf Ball` on the top of Beinn Hynish, which opened in 1985. Includes colour photographs with one of the staff: Iain MacDonald (Balemartine), Simon Latham (Baugh), Malcolm O`Dea (Balinoe), Roddy Campbell and Duncan MacLean.

2011.20.1

Information about Ian Lachlan MacFadyen, Ontario (1924-1945), son of Alexander MacFadyen, Barrapol (1887-1959)

Information and news articles about Flying Officer Ian Lachlan MacFadyen (1924-1945) of Ontario, Canada, who died when the plane he was piloting crashed in Ireland during WWII. His father Alexander MacFadyen emigrated from Tiree in the early 1900s with his brothers. Alexander`s parents were Lachlan MacFadyen, Barrapol, and Isabella McDonald, Kirkapol.

2010.50.1

Copy the first Evening Times newspaper to be delivered to Tiree by aeroplane, 1929

Original copy of The Evening Times newspaper, July 18 1929. It was the first newspaper to be delivered to Tiree by aeroplane. Front page states “Delivered in Tiree by Aeroplane” with an article about the delivery and passengers. The newspaper was initially kept on display in the Thatched Cottage Museum, Sandaig, until its closure and sale in 2010. The plastic sleeve is the original from the museum with a label that reads “Read all about it”.

newsbyplane.jpgTiree in 100 Objects – 7 – First Plane

The History of Tiree in 100 Objects

2010.48.2

Air-traffic controller`s signalling glove

Air-traffic controller`s white, racket-shaped glove used to signal taxiing instructions to pilots of aircraft on Tiree Airport during the 1950s. From Angus MacKinnon, Kilmoluaig.