SEAPLANE TOUR

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SEAPLANE TOUR

Todays Seaplane tour was a gift from my kids to celebrate my 50th Birthday .

We left just outside Glasgow`s Science Centre. The weather was good

in Glasgow but I knew it was not so good on the west coast .

We took off just next to Govan Shipbuilders [BAE]

soaring up over the cranes .

We were heading west following the River Clyde. Below was the area I grew up in . We were low enough to spot streets I knew .

Then it was on to Clydebank . Flying over Mr Bryden`s house in Jane Rae Gardens.

I observed it was time he cut his grass. Next over the Erskine Bridge.

We follow the Clyde along to Dumbarton Rock .Heading down the Firth of Clyde we spot the last seagoing paddle steamer in the world.

The Waverley heading across to Helensburgh .

Our plane now heads across to Dunoon flying on to the Isle of Bute.

Here we spot Rothesay and its castle.

Fly futher west towards Lochgilphead then northwards flying up Loch Fyne.

Inveraray is the next town we fly over.

Inveraray Castle below is a remarkable and unique piece of architecture incorporating Baroque, Palladian and Gothic.

From Inveraray we head over the Arrocher Alps. Seeing the Cobbler to the left .

The Cobbler is one of the most famous mountains in Scotland.

We fly through the mountain passes. Incredible feeling as we fly like a bird through the mountain ranges.

We now arrive at the north end of Loch Lomond . Ben Lomond

is now insight . The captain announces that we have to land on the Loch.
We are informed that there is slight fault with the plane so its taxi`s back to Glasgow and we are given our tickets back for another flight.

Great trip. One I will never forget.

Loch Lomond Seaplanes is an airline based in Scotland. After receiving approval from the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority and Clydeport to launch services from Glasgow Seaplane Terminal, by Glasgow's Science Centre on the River Clyde in Glasgow city centre. it's maiden scheduled service from Glasgow to Oban began in August 2007, making it Europe's first city centre seaplane service.It is Scotland's first commercial seaplane service.
Loch Lomond Seaplanes Ltd holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type B Operating Licence, it is permitted to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with fewer than 20 seats and/or weighing less than 10 tonnes .

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