‘aviation’

Event	Date
Pan Am flight 103 bombed over Lockerbie	21st December
Caledonian Airways makes its inaugural flight	29th November
Final appeal of the ‘Lockerbie bomber’	11th October
First scheduled flights at Barra Airport	7th August
Aberdeen Airport opens for business	28th July
Scheduled services start at Dundee Airport	5th July
Glasgow Airport comes under attack	30th June
The Queen officially opens Glasgow Airport	27th June
Renfrew Airport’s last flight departs	2nd May
Highland Airways Ltd is founded	3rd April
Last regular scheduled flight departs from Wick	27th March
Scottish-built plane sets world record	30th January

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28 April

Scotland’s last Protestant martyr is burned

25 January

Launch of The Scotsman newspaper

17 November

Birth of James Matheson, owner of Lewis