Friday 4 July 1980
0750 Left Bute House
0820 Took off from Turnhouse Airport
0900 Landed at Dyce Airport, Aberdeen
0905 Met by Airport General Manager, Sir David Steel (Chairman of BP) and Mr. Butler (Managing Director and Chief
Executive of BP Development Ltd)
0910 Briefing on North Sea by Mr. Butler and Mr. Williamson (General Manager BP Petroleum Development Ltd) in
Airport Conference Room
0945 PM and party donned survival suits in Airport VIP lounge
1012 Took off in Bristows Helicopter
1120 Arrived Forties Field Production Platform
1125 Safety briefing in Cinema
1135 Tour of Platform
1300 Lunch on platform
1350 Left Platform in Bristows Helicopter and toured Forties Field
1510 Arrived Aberdeen Airport
1555 Press Conference in Airport Conference Room followed by TV and radio interviews
1630 Took off from Dyce
1705 Landed at Turnhouse
1730 Arrived Bute House
Hair appointment and changed
1830 Reception at Edinburgh Castle
Afterwards left for
2030 Dinner given at Bute House by the Secretary of State for Scotland [George Younger]
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