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Remember when planes like this regularly graced Orkney skies? You probably won't if you're much under 75 yrs old. This picture is mocked-up from a 1:72 scale (8" wingspan) model recently issued by Oxford Diecast.
Check for Large VersionPicture added on 20 September 2012 at 21:17
I flew into Orkney from Renfrew, Inverness & Aberdeen, (All journey's commencing from Glasgow Renfrew), on a varying selection of craft from Rapide & DC3 Dakota to Junka around 1948 to 1951, I was 11 Y.O. on my own, Grandpa was at the Quoys, Holm, waving a table cloth to me flying overhead.
Added by Gordon Sinclair on 27 September 2012
Great thrill for an 11-yr-old I bet, Gordon! I was a mere half-century older when I had my first Rapide flight (image #24962).
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Added by Ian Hourston on 03 October 2012
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