Originally Posted by J.A.F.O
Doing it that way I can take off at 0346 and don't need to land at Unst until 2221
You probably wouldn't have to land until later. Yes, you do get a sunset, but the sun doesn't get that far below the horizon before it rises again. If you go into the ANO it states that night time, for the purposes of obtaining a rating, is from the point the sun gets so many degrees ( I forget the number) below the horizon. Having played Golf on Unst at midnight on the longest day (yes, Britains most northerly golf course - in fact, Britains most northerly everything!) it's still extremely light.
Originally Posted by H Ferguson
is Unst still open ? ,i taught that it was disused, wasn't Unst a military airfield ?
I believe it is now disused, but was never a military airfield. It was opened in 1976 or 77 for the oil industry, but also provided a link via Loganair down to Lerwick (Tingwall) by Islander, from where you used to get on a Twin Otter and carry on down to Edinburgh. The military presence was 3 miles north of the airport, at the Saxa Vord air defence radar site.
Knowing you could get home that way kept me sane (and relatively sober) for the 18 months I worked up there!