Falkland Islands - Stanley Airport FIGAS Landing

Falkland Islands Government Air Service (FIGAS) flight on Britten Norman Islander arrives Stanley Airport. Taken March 2013.

[@rattywoof5259]

During the Falklands conflict I was living in Bermuda - the joke went round that Argentina wanted to borrow all our glass-bottomed tourist boats to do a review of their air force.

[@jackwhitehead5233]

Lmao, nice one ❤

[@robertoraularias4306]

Y también para ver los 7 buques hundidos por la aviación argentina, y la aviación naval.....te suena Sheffield?

[@martinweber7912]

During the Malvinas War, the Argentine pilots with lower airplanes, we sink 7 ships to the UK and we destroy half fleet, without the help of the US that gave them the logistics of the Ascencion Island and the Sidewinder Am9L missiles the UK did not win the war and they turned with the tail between their legs

[@Lepo4256]

Hi there, just came here to read angry Argentine's comments and I can say I am not disappointed. I almost don't believe there is still people that bought the cheap nationalism sold by the Junta at the time.

[@wcstevens7]

Ivan Mv ..Argentina is a third world country...What do you expect.

[@davidtracey9094]

Too bad people had to get hurt

[@hans2406]

It is still, in schools, universities, a subject. Very handy to convince the people the wrong things come from the outside.

[@hans2406]

The Argentinians are more or less descended from the Spanish, that gives them a special thing, always blaming others. The Falklands have never been Argentinian, the people don't want to be Argentinian, that is it. If some crackpot politicians from Spanish, or even German, descent want it different, easy, throw some lives away, no problem.

[@Lepo4256]

@Santiago Chiarandini *Falklands es el nombre correcto, saludos

[@seniorelzappo9919]

Very Nice.... would love to visit Falklands the climate looks wonderful..

[@josephlezano7691]

Amazing Aerial View's of , Port Stanley . Well done ! British Gibraltar , UK Overseas Territory 🇬🇧.

[@iansoutryer3189]

I've never been to the Falklands, but I am surprised to see how big Stanley is.

[@Angel_423]

Its larger now

[@ValerieStevens-n9e]

Fantastic and real, I've lived on the Falkland Islands. A place of beauty ❤

[@memowilliam9889]

Argentina held the islands for less than 2 years from 1832-1833 and then abandoned. They briefly when they seized control in 1982. How does that make it Argentinian soil? :-(

[@davidtracey9094]

There was a lot of speculation on offshore oil going on. They should have promoted their wines and saved a few lives.

[@hans2406]

Latin countries have sometimes strange ideas.

[@diegorosarino6838]

falso lo q decis , las islas malvinas fueron robadas usurpadas por la fuerza echando al gobrtnador q habia en las islas.

[@GH-oi2jf]

Chris Stafford - They didn’t actually abandon it. They were kicked out by the US Navy. It was just a garrison. Argentina never settled it. And it was already British before then.

[@memowilliam9889]

GH1618 Oh.... It’s the US fault Right.... they are the current boogeyman.

[@mothmagic1]

Wouldn't say the place is windy but watched one of them landing. Carrying a fair bit of power on the approach. At about 50 feet the wind dropped and the aircraft immediately picked up another 30-35 knots

[@christosshugeh9573]

That looks like the old control tower that I saw last in July 1982 and it was scarred by multiple rounds of various calibre of ammunition. It looks like its has been rended or it's the same sort of design as the old one. Anyone confirm?

[@HS-PGX]

I visited Stanley on the celebrity eclipse (terrible ship, don’t recommend celebrity at all) and found it to be extremely British. Everything felt very British and lovely. You didn’t feel unwelcome here. They’ve even got a bloody Waitrose! I think it is one of the most unique places in the world I have ever visited, and I’ve been to all 7 continents already. Also, anybody who loves penguins will love the falklands. They’ve even got a penguin on their immigration stamp!

[@albertbatfinder5240]

One of the most unique? Some unique places are more unique than others? Falklands Tourist Board should market the place as “Cold, wet, miserable, and very British. You’ll feel right at home”. Or “It’s easier to find a Sunday Roast than in Spain”.

[@HS-PGX]

@@albertbatfinder5240 unique with the fact that there’s full on British influence the entire length of the Atlantic away.

[@Exige000]

Nice to see my house and office on a sunny day at around 0.45 - 0.50.

[@lalala7107]

que boludo.

[@DaveDave65]

Brings back lots of memories. So many changes :)

[@threetour]

I've crashed in a lot of aircraft ....and walked away. Flew into Sea Lion on FIGAS, with an effin crosswind you wouldn't believe, and I swear to God, i do not know how the pilot got us on the ground (which was going sideways until we touched). Alaskan bush pilots are good. These suckers are GREAT.

[@mark1968]

Great video. I never realised Port Stanley was so small. I always assumed (wrongly) that it was more built up inland. I am assuming this is the original Stanley Airport and not the new one that was built after the war?

[@michaelbailey8729]

yes

[@ianjackson8643]

landed there more than a few times back in 1983 would fly from there at least once a week for 6 months photographing the fishing fleets to make sure they had paid the licence to fish

[@josephwarra5043]

Nice video, thanks for posting.

[@curamalal2784]

Kelpers had the first landing strip thanks to the Argentine Air Force, that built it in 1972 with aluminum sheets taken along with heavy machinery from Buenos Aires. This brought undoubted benefits to the well-being of the islanders for many years. Then the British, on May the 1st 1982, bombed that runway... .

[@martinweber7912]

Bernhardt Memorandum (1910). At the request of the head of the American Department of the Foreign Office, Sidney Spicer, researcher Gastón De Bernhardt prepared a memorandum that condensed the history of the islands and the legal arguments of Great Britain and Argentina. That memorandum served as an internal guide for the Foreign Office until 1938. Bernhardt stated the following: “The question of sovereignty was specifically excluded from the agreement made with Spain in 1771.” This agreement contained a secret clause by which Great Britain was obliged to abandon the islands, which it did in 1774. “For 55 years, until 1829 (that is, until 13 years after Argentina's independence was proclaimed), Great Britain “He showed no interest in the islands.” “Great Britain began to claim the eastern island only in 1829” (it had never claimed it during Spanish rule; this is the island where Puerto Argentino is located). Spicer Letter (1910). In a letter to De Bernhardt himself, Spicer confessed: “It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the attitude of the Argentine government is not entirely unjustified, and that our action has been somewhat despotic.” Fitzmaurice Memorandum (1936). In February 1936, legal adviser George Fitzmaurice advised against Britain submitting the Falklands question to international arbitration: “Our position has certain weaknesses. But we have occupied the islands for more than a century (albeit illegally, as Argentina says) and for strategic reasons we cannot give them up. So the best thing to do is to take a hard line.”

[@martinweber7912]

The British Empire was the FIRST DRUG TRAFFICKING STATE IN THE WORLD During the Opium War, it was the conflict between China and Great Britain between the years 1839 and 1842. The trigger was the introduction into China of opium grown in India and marketed by the British East India Company, administrator of India. UK, had the support of the US who were mediators, who gave them the AM9L Sidewinder missiles that made the difference, allowing them to use Ascencion Island, despite all the help from the US, the Argentine pilots sank 7 English ships, the destroyers CL 42 HMS Sheffield and HMS Coventry, the frigates CL 21 HMS Ardent and HMS Antelope, and more than 24 ships of the Pirate fleet were seriously damaged, including the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible, which the UK never recognized due to the shame they felt when they were ridiculed in NATO.

[@jitendersinghvlogs9732]

amazing video

[@fa300zxtt]

Argentina had no clue what England was all about !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@GH-oi2jf]

fa300zxtt - Not to mention the Scots and the Welsh.

[@christosshugeh9573]

Britain and the British you mean.

[@aldoperez4115]

Estas islas son Argentinas y se llaman Malvinas, no les cambien el nombre eso no les dará más derechos. Saludos

[@oscarbosio9881]

Inglaterra con la ayuda de EEUU, la OTAN y un pais vecino de Argentina que en los papeles eran neutrales. Así y todo no fue un paseo.Consultá las memorias de ex oficiales y soldados británicos y verás que opinan del accionar de las fuerzas argentinas, después hablamos.

[@themanftheworld8439]

@@GH-oi2jfN irish too.

[@lesroberts2244]

I was there, 1983 Aircraft refuelling.

[@ianjackson8643]

I was here the same time in the photo section

[@martinweber7912]

The Special Committee on Decolonization (UN) declared that the Malvinas were subject to the decolonization process, urged in 1960 by the United Nations General Assembly. In 1965, Great Britain and Argentina began to negotiate the future of the islands within the framework of the UN: London recognized, in fact, the colonial status of the Falklands, its only argument for delaying the reintegration of the archipelago to Argentina was the will of the islanders. The Crown no longer claimed title to the islands. The right to self-determination, raised by Great Britain in favor of the islanders, only arises in the case of a population that demands its independence: something that the 1,800 inhabitants of the British colony never did or could do. That was the last argument of the British government, which since 1910 had been retreating from its positions - inaugurated in 1833 by Lord Palmerston with a firm defense of the right of sovereignty of the Crown - until reaching the point where the conflict was reached when, The April 2, Argentina occupied the islands.

[@martinweber7912]

London has known since 1910 that it has no right to the Falklands In 1910 and 1936, Foreign Office officials and lawyers issued opinions that questioned British claims to retain the Falklands. “It is not easy to explain our position without appearing to be international bandits,” said a 1936 memo. Britain never agreed to arbitration because its position had “certain weaknesses,” and the islands had to be preserved “for strategic reasons.” Shortly after the Falklands crisis arose, the British government removed all documents on the Falklands that were in the Public Record Office: an archive of official papers accessible to the public. The Sunday Times revealed on June 20, 1982 that, among the documents transferred to the Foreign Office, there are several in which officials from the British Foreign Ministry itself questioned the right of the United Kingdom over the Argentine Malvinas Islands.

[@haniel._.x]

ARGENTINA

[@PRADANATEKNIKAC]

Good

[@volodymyrrhapon5666]

Where is railway on this island?

[@dracula_F1]

cool

[@martinweber7912]

In 1825 the Malvinas Islands belonged to the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata, what is now Argentina, with a government and population in the Malvinas Islands legally established. In 1825, the UK signed with the Government of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata the which today is Argentina, a treaty of Friendship and Trade, without any type of qualms about the Malvinas Islands that THE ENGLISH INVADED AND ROBBED IN 1833

[@anacletoonce]

The KELPERS say : Don't cry for our FALKLAND ISLANDS - arGAYtina.

[@alexandraferdonova5329]

peace Uk not war again

[@diasevangga1954]

La de island

[@robertjones-eb4xo]

Cost us the British some Lives and Tax payer some grief and ££££££££££ . Godforsaken Place. WAS IT WORTH IT ?

[@hans2406]

Yes, obviously. It brought a clear message to countries not used to democracy, there are answers to medieval ideas. And of course, the Falklands want to be in the UK sphere of influence and not in the Argentinian one. It made the world a little safer.

[@neildeakin4454]

The inhabitants of the Falklands were passport carrying British subjects, we don't abandon our citizens in their hour of need even when some tosspots think they're not worth the time and effort.

[@nowtelsematters]

Yes because in exchange it allowed British subjects to continue living their lives.

[@hans2406]

You don't agree with countries forcefully invading other countries, do you.

[@GH-oi2jf]

robert jones - If it were your home, you would think it worth it. A nation must defend its people, as far as is possible.

[@maggiegoodwin9503]

B(ho

[@henryjames5663]

Falklands saved Margaret Thatchers political career at the time, but at the cost of hundreds of lives. Thatcher was not interested in diplomacy, just maintaining her power status

[@neildeakin4454]

So you're saying the UK should not defend its territories or it's citizens?

[@henryjames5663]

@@neildeakin4454 "Its territories" ? Do you include India. Pakistan. Malaya. Australia. New Zealand, The west Indies and many African countries in your list, that the British plundered for their resources !!

[@stevenpilling5318]

@@henryjames5663 Places where British people live their lives. When that ceases to mean something, a nation dies.

[@henryjames5663]

@@stevenpilling5318 Sorry but that went right over my head, probably due to the undertone of colonialism

[@stevenpilling5318]

No. What you can't stand is non-communists standing up for themselves against third world despots.

[@javiercativa5115]

¡Malvinas Argentinas! Fuera piratas! Por los que allí quedaron ¡Volveremos! Honor y Gloria a los caídos!

[@raquelalvarez296]

XXI ARG LA NUEVA SIRIA ALEPO ARRRRRRRRRASADA

[@roblancs]

Los piratas si vinieron a las Islas pero un ejército superior los echó fuera. No vinieron con política superior, economía superior o cultura superior, entonces el pueblo decidió no acogerlos. Quizá si los chilenos hubieran venido, ¡todavía estarían! Ese es un país estable que tiene algo que ofrecer!

[@mauromercado7033]

We Bill be back 🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@mattjames88]

Mauro Mercado always welcome for a holiday

[@chrissheppard5068]

You died in defense you will be slaughtered in the attack.

[@mauromercado7033]

🇦🇷We nerver give up. We are Argentina 🇦🇷

[@mattjames88]

Mauro Mercado good for you. But the Falkland Islands belong to the Falkland islanders and they will decide their own future. They identify as British, and a British they will remain!

[@chrissheppard5068]

@@mauromercado7033 .......errr yes you did when attacked by an inferior force in numbers attacking uphill well entrenched Argentinian troops. I was there in 82 in a rifle company and saw it first hand.

[@gonzacabj7104]

Malvinas argentinas 💙🤍🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@littleshep5502]

Except they aren't

[@marianlopez457]

@@littleshep5502 the pirates havent got self determination rights. MALVINAS ARGENTINAS FOREVER 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@littleshep5502]

@@marianlopez457 UN response 63-108, 5th December 2008. Clearly outlines the fact there is no alternative, and that it is a human right

[@ezequielheredia277]

Esta isla siempre se va a llamar isla ARGENTINA

[@cristianborenstejn1608]

empty island, bring some refugees or investment settlers or your population will disappear soon

[@Tulaenelorto]

Its sad how this airport continues to be used with impunity by a nuclear empire from the other side of the World

[@diegorosarino6838]

islas malvinas argentinas.

[@dang1351]

Mejor concentrar en arreglar la economia argentina, que siempre parece como andar en montana rusa, y arreglar la politica domestica en lugar de enfocarse en las islas que la Argentina abandon hace 2 siglos y que sirven de distraccion para los lideres nacionales argentinos. Los argentinos nunca van a poder recuperar las islas. Pero si tienen la oportunidad de arreglar su pais. No importa si sea el tratamiento de reservas petroleras; de las tierras agricolas; de las clases medias; y de la politica por lo general: cuando el gobierno argentino lo toque, lo corrumpa y lo destruya. Ahi se ubica el problema nacional, no en gastar fuerzas en la mision imposible de obtener las Falkland Islands.

[@diegorosarino6838]

@@dang1351 mira primero ,vos no sos argentino, la economia argentina estaba muy bien con nestor y cristina, el q la arruino nuevamente fue macri. y te informo q con los problemas economicos y todo seguimos siendo siempre la tercer economia latinoamericana y somos parte del G20. SI vuelve a ganar cristina , van a volver las politicas de recuperacion de soberania de las malvinas, desde el dialogo como hicieron nuestros cancilleres durante la gestion de cristina , que tanto incomodo al reino, y por si la historia te falla, fueron usurpadas por el reino echando a nuestro gobernador por la fuerza, y si no te quedo claro te digo tambien que q en la ONU. el caso malvinas es investigado por la comision de descolonizacion de naciones unidas. y ud sr de q pais es...

[@JohnDoe-hp5nn]

Diego Rosarino k lindo

[@diegorosarino6838]

@Jlas malvinas son argentinas . fueron robadas , usurpadas por uk.

[@jonimaar__2023]

@@diegorosarino6838 😀🇬🇧😀🇬🇧😀😀🇬🇧😀🇬🇧😀🇫🇰🇬🇧🇫🇰🇬🇧🇫🇰🇫🇰🇬🇧🇫🇰🇬🇧🇫🇰🇬🇧🇫🇰🇫🇰🇬🇧💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@Argentus2024]

Malvinas Argentinas.

[@hans2406]

Never, you bloody stupid sorry figure.

[@iansoutryer3189]

@Argentus: Strangely, that's all you can say... In the Falklands Islands no one wants you...