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New Helicopter Link for the Scillies

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The Box
Established in 1992, the South West Film & Television Archive collection spans from 1893 to the present day containing more than 250,000 items. Formed from a variety of depositors, including broadcast news and programmes material from the Westward and TSW archive. In 2018 the archive collection transferred to The Box in Plymouth.

New Helicopter Link for the Scillies

David Mudd reports from Land's End Airport and interviews Captain Wells on the end of service for the last British European Airways de Havilland Dragon Rapide operating to the Isles of Scilly. The shot haul biplne airliners have been in operation since 1937 and even operated during the Second World War. A new Sikorsky helicopter G-ASNL began operating from the airport at St Just before moving to the purpose-built helipad and aerodrome at East Green in Penzance.

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