Logo Histories

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The Saltire takes flight

Margaret Calvert's 1964 logo for Glasgow Airport.

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Richard Baird
Jul 12, 2023
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Due to increasing demand for domestic air travel in Great Britain during the early 1960s, the Scottish city of Glasgow required a new airport. Moving away from the original site at Renwick, the new airport was built at a former Naval/RAF base at Abbotsinch in Paisley. This was designed by architects Sir Basil Spence and Peter Ferguson of Spence Glover &…

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