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uncaged, so they are free to move
about the cabin.
Because the King Air is a
turboprop (using
turbines to drive
propellers) it
only needs an
800m runway, so itcan
land in places suchas
Perth which has avery
short runway, as wellas manyof the
Scottish islands. It also has MOD
clearance to use many military bases
across the country. Lossiemouth is
quite a popular destination because
of its location on the Moray Firth.
To charter a plane to Scotland
costs from £5,000 to £6,000,
depending on which part of the UK
Travelling Guns
Shotguns are usually put
in the wing lockers.you want to fl y from. That plane
will be treated as your own for
however long you want it, sitting
on the runway waiting for your
specifi c instructions, so fl exibility
really is
the key. If
you decide
to delay a
fl ight by an
hour or so,
or want to go
home a day early, the pilot is there
at your disposal.
Once you have decided to
charter a plane and fi xed a price,
the airline takes over and organises
everything. It will recommend a
convenient airport to take off from,closest to where you all live and will
then fl y you to the nearest airport to
the shoot, and arrange 4x4 onward
transport if required.
All passengers have to do is
provide copies of their shotgun
certifi cates and ID prior to their
fl ights, passports if going abroad,
and the airline will get clearance
for them. There’s no need to go
through passport control with all the
endless queuing.
Even if fl ying into a busy
international airport, private plane
passengers use a special terminal that
has its own passport control. All
shotgun certifi cates will have already
been sent before the fl ights, so
there will be no problem getting