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Old 20th Sep 2009, 13:09
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It was sad day indeed when William Logan was killed. At the time he owned the fledgling Loganair which was committed to certain charters etc. on that day. William expected one of his own aircraft to be available for his own requirements and was disappointed when it was explained that his own aircraft were contractually pledged elsewhere and not, therefore, available to him. It was for this reason that he chose to charter Air Strathallen.

In the eventual financial wash-up Loganair became the property of the Royal Bank of Scotland and it was Capt. Duncan MacIntosh that persuaded them to let him make the airline pay it's way rather than be sold for assets. Eventually Loganair had bases at Glasgow, Inverness, Sumburugh and Kirkwall whilst still having the RBS as it's major shareholder and had scheduled services, air ambulance and charter operations, all thanks to Duncan MacIntosh and his team at the time, late sixties, early seventies.
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