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Episode 5

Documentary series that goes behind the scenes at the airports across the Highlands and islands. In this episode, a search and rescue helicopter is on a training mission.

Anns an t-sreath seo ch矛 sinn d猫 a bhios a' tachairt air c霉l ghnothaichean aig puirt-adhair na G脿idhealtachd is nan Eilean tro sh霉ilean an fheadhainn a tha ag obair annta. An t-seachdain-sa, tha sinn a-muigh ann a heileacoptar a' mhaoir-chladaich ann an Inbhir Nis 's iad a' gabhail p脿irt ann an eacarsaich le bata-teasairginn Inbhir Gh貌rdain.

Feumaidh iad Jon Burley agus s矛neadair a chuir s矛os dhan bh脿ta agus a thogail a rithist - fhad 's a tha am b脿ta-teasairginn a' gluasad. A bharrachd air port-adhair Gibraltar, chan eil ach aon phort-adhair anns an t-saoghal far a bheil an rathad m貌r a' dol tarsainn air an raon laighe - Sumburgh - agus tha gillean nan geataichean air an s脿rachadh aig feadhainn a' ruith na solais.

Anns an eadar-脿m, tha Shonnie MacAoidh ag obair air deasg-siubhal Loganair aig Port-adhair Beinn na Faoghla, agus chan eil a h-uile c脿il a' dol mar bu ch貌rr.

In this programme, we follow the Inverness-based coastguard search and rescue helicopter as it does a joint training mission with Invergordon Lifeboat. Jon Burley is winched down onto the deck of the moving lifeboat along with a stretcher: a feat of nerve and skill.

Apart from Gibraltar Airport, the only other airport in the world to have a main road pass through the runway is Sumburgh in Shetland. The men who man the barriers face the challenge of drivers jumping the traffic lights. Meanwhile, Shonnie MacKay is on duty at the Loganair check-in desk at Benbecula Airport, and everything isn't going according to plan.

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