What it's like on the world's shortest flight
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Loganair's regular daily services connect the Scottish islands of Westray and Papa Westray -- a distance of 1.7 miles. The journey can take less than a minute, but every second is a thrill ride.
(CNN) — The pilot, who is just inches away from his passengers, reaches up and flicks the metallic toggle switches that fire up his engines. Two propellers, visible through the windows on either side, spin noisily into life.
The little aircraft sprints down the gravel for a few hundred meters. Then, as the pilot pulls back on the yoke, it skips into the air and begins banking to the right in a wide turn back on itself. Below, the ground slips away, to be replaced by aquamarine waters.
Loganair flight LM711 isn't the most comfortable experience.
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