World's shortest flight celebrates 1-million (+ The world's shortest international flight)

Want to get a true sense of the actual flight? Watch the 2nd video below...

The world’s shortest flight, a tiny hop between two remote British islands, celebrated Monday taking its millionth passenger on the route.

The 2.7km (1.7-mile) flight between Westray and Papa Westray in the Orkney islands, off mainland Scotland’s northeast coast, holds the Guinness World Record as the shortest scheduled service.

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Westray to Papa Westray flight

World's shortest scheduled air route - but this was a stunning summer's evening in Orkney and pure pleasure!

Andrew Brown

The world's shortest international flight is... | CNBC International
A new flight between Germany and Switzerland will be the world's shortest international flight at just around eight minutes.

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By the way, as for us Canadians, Canada is home to North America's shortest commercial flight, at least according to CNN.

In September, Greater Toronto Airways, a small airline operating out of Billy Bishop on Toronto Island, began operating a flight to Niagara Falls. The flight takes just 15 minutes, with a return ticket costing $159.

Source(s): theweathernetwork | theguardian

“UP” in Real Life: 80-Year-Old Grandparents Celebrate Anniversary with Adorable Piano Duet

How beautiful!  To celebrate their 60th anniversary together, this 80-year-old couple plays Carl and Ellie's theme from "UP" together on the piano. According the uploader (and grandson of the couple), Jason Lyle Black, Grandpa and Grandma have been playing piano duets since they were first married. Black who wrote the arrangement for his grandparents added, “My grandparents were very excited to be part of this video.”  “It was so fun to work with them on it. I’ve loved their piano duets ever since I was a little kid, so this will be a family treasure for all of us.”  

SOME MORE FUN FACTS From Jason Lyle Black: -The piano they are playing is an antique Civil War-era Steinway that my grandpa restored -My grandparents had a very large family - 9 children, and I'm one of a few dozen grandchildren -My grandparents lived in Africa for a year and a half, in their 70s, while serving as missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -My grandparents are very involved in family history. My grandpa wrote an autobiography for our family and my grandma wrote a biography of her father, my great-grandpa. -On Sunday night (the night before we released this video), we got the cousins/aunts/uncles together at my grandparents' house and had our own "Family Premiere" and Grandma made cookies! :) -My grandparents are age 83 and 84