If you are in Orkney, one of the programs available is to take a flight to enjoy the views from the skies of one of the most beautiful places in the world.
This tiny aeroplanes are not touristic aeroplanes, their main duty is to transport passengers between islands because some of the routs cannot be done by boat.
After four days waking up really early to try to get two seats to do the sightseeing, I had decided that I didn’t want to go on a flight because it was pouring rain on that day.I had agreed with Richard that wasn’t a good idea even though he decided to call the company at 6 or 7am. Obviously with that whether there were free seats for the crazy people who wanted to go on a sightseeing flight. Before I had time to woke up properly, flights were booked and paid.
We flew from Kirkwall to North Ronaldsay and Westray & Papay. Altogether the flight took around 30 minutes and it was a great program. We could enjoy the beautiful views and fly the shortest commercial flight in the world. It is important to remember the propose of this airplane is to transport people between islands, so you won’t get any sort of touristic information. If you are doing the sightseeing flight rather than flying to spend the night in one of the islands, you only will be able to book your flight the same day, because the only possibility of doing sightseeing is If none of the people staying overnight in the islands or, local passengers, don’t need the seats. So you need to call them very early in the morning on the day that you are planning to do the flight. The aeroplane is tinny and is flown by one man only.We were very lucky that in the afternoon when we went to take the flight, suddenly the skies just turned into a beautiful blue, and sun came out with no signs of rain or clouds. Just by chance we sat right behind the pilot which was great to get the views because, if we had taken the seats at the back we wouldn’t have had the chance to see as much as we did.And if you’re taking the shortest commercial flight in the world you are also entitled to get a certificate.I thought it was something fun to do but basically you take off and land and take off and land. Definitely I will do it again for the beautiful views.
This tiny aeroplanes are not touristic aeroplanes, their main duty is to transport passengers between islands because some of the routs cannot be done by boat.
After four days waking up really early to try to get two seats to do the sightseeing, I had decided that I didn’t want to go on a flight because it was pouring rain on that day.I had agreed with Richard that wasn’t a good idea even though he decided to call the company at 6 or 7am. Obviously with that whether there were free seats for the crazy people who wanted to go on a sightseeing flight. Before I had time to woke up properly, flights were booked and paid.
We flew from Kirkwall to North Ronaldsay and Westray & Papay. Altogether the flight took around 30 minutes and it was a great program. We could enjoy the beautiful views and fly the shortest commercial flight in the world. It is important to remember the propose of this airplane is to transport people between islands, so you won’t get any sort of touristic information. If you are doing the sightseeing flight rather than flying to spend the night in one of the islands, you only will be able to book your flight the same day, because the only possibility of doing sightseeing is If none of the people staying overnight in the islands or, local passengers, don’t need the seats. So you need to call them very early in the morning on the day that you are planning to do the flight. The aeroplane is tinny and is flown by one man only.We were very lucky that in the afternoon when we went to take the flight, suddenly the skies just turned into a beautiful blue, and sun came out with no signs of rain or clouds. Just by chance we sat right behind the pilot which was great to get the views because, if we had taken the seats at the back we wouldn’t have had the chance to see as much as we did.And if you’re taking the shortest commercial flight in the world you are also entitled to get a certificate.I thought it was something fun to do but basically you take off and land and take off and land. Definitely I will do it again for the beautiful views.
