Cumbernauld Airport
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Cumbernauld Airport
Image: © Robert Murray Taken: 28 Apr 2010
A one runway airfield really but important for its air traffic beacon. It also hosts two flying schools. This little airport has a place in history in that the helicopter in 'Helicopter Sunday' took off from here, took a bearing to Motherwell but filed a new flight plan to Edinburgh amid scenes of devastation at the former and unprecedented jubilation at the latter.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.97426
Longitude
-3.970763