Glasgow to Barra photo report....

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Here are some fantastic digi shots taken by my BBC colleague Andrew Petrie, of his trip to Barra a couple of weeks ago by Loganair Twin Otter (G-BVVK).

He was sent to shoot a report on a mobile cinema truck, bringing film to the masses in the remote and cinemaless corners of the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Boarding the Otter at Glasgow as this one (G-BZFP) was being towed in...

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Getting ready to get on with the luggage being packed ...

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It fits into the nose and behind the passenger cabin...

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Take off over the Clyde from runway 23 towards the west coast...

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Not long til over the wonderful Argyle coast...

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View from inside the Twin Otter...

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No need for secured doors on this flight, everyone knows each other...

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Heading in towards the island...

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It's another successful beach landing and time to pick up one's luggage...

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The plane readies for the return to Glasgow...

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Originally posted by Ren Frew
Heading into towards the island...

oh wow!!!! Brilliant!

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Taxi time before that tide rises...

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Away she goes and time to find that mobile cinema...

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Here it is....

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Watch out everyone, Moondance is going to get sentimental! :D

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Let's get that filming done and get back on the plane....

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Originally posted by wysiwyg
Watch out everyone, Moondance is going to get sentimental! :D

Hard not to with scenery like this at the end of a hard day's filming...

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Castlebay by dusk... you can almost smell the peat fires burning... aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

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Amazing what you can find in the back of a truck...

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Next day and it's time to catch that inbound Twotter !!!

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Here she comes into the main terminal ...:D

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