1:24 double decker bus

[Rhinochugger]

Presumably still this one - seen in August 1999..........

View attachment 225607

At least I was able to travel on the scheduled helicopter service from Penzance on my one and only visit to the Islands. That stopped a few years back now.

That's the boy!

We have traveled there by all public transport modes now - the Scillonian (twice) the Helicopter (when it was in operation) and plane (Twin Otter from Bristol)

The Helicopters were the same ones that were used by a civilian operation contracted to the military for personnel transport in the Falklands. Thus, when you sat in the pre-flight briefing room, with all of your weatherproof gear and your 4-seasons sleeping bag, the safety video shower pictures of people in shorts and T-shirts, in balmy sunny weather embarking at Penzance

 

[Miamigo259]

That's the boy!

We have traveled there by all public transport modes now - the Scillonian (twice) the Helicopter (when it was in operation) and plane (Twin Otter from Bristol)

The Helicopters were the same ones that were used by a civilian operation contracted to the military for personnel transport in the Falklands. Thus, when you sat in the pre-flight briefing room, with all of your weatherproof gear and your 4-seasons sleeping bag, the safety video shower pictures of people in shorts and T-shirts, in balmy sunny weather embarking at Penzance

Bit off topic now, but I think this is the one I travelled on for one leg of the day trip - seen landing on St Marys airfield later in the day.......



Quite a pleasant journey on it, from memory. At least they didn't do a high speed "burn up" along the runway of a Hungarian airbase, about 3 foot off the ground, which is what I did in a chartered Hungarian Airforce Mil-17 helicopter two years previous to the Scilly isles trip!

 

[Rhinochugger]

Bit off topic now, but I think this is the one I travelled on for one leg of the day trip - seen landing on St Marys airfield later in the day.......

View attachment 225622

Quite a pleasant journey on it, from memory. At least they didn't do a high speed "burn up" along the runway of a Hungarian airbase, about 3 foot off the ground, which is what I did in a chartered Hungarian Airforce Mil-17 helicopter two years previous to the Scilly isles trip!

No, Tresco is the more exacting landing site - it's the cricket pitch. Our kids were quite small when we went by chopper, and got invited up front to see the pilot

However the Twin Otter was quite exciting both landing and taking off from St Mary's.

Landing - on the approach from the south, as the Twin Otter is so easy to keep aloft, the pilot has to fly it down; straight at the cliffs because most of the passengers can see straight out the front

Take off - you sit there while they bring both engines up to full power with the plane vibrating and shaking around; then release the brakes with a fantastic catapult effect

Hooge fun - and I'm not a lover of flying.

I don't think they still do the Twin Otter flights from Bristol, so we reverted to the Scillonian for the last visit

 

[tac foley]

This one lives near me..........



Still in regular use for excursions, too.

tac