THE 'Jet Age' finally arrived in Scotland in 1954 with the opening of the futuristic new Renfrew Airport terminal.
Looking like a cross between something out of Dan Dare and a giant clarsach (that's a Celtic harp), it was Glasgow's gateway to the world.
Located in the Newmains area of Renfrew, just a few miles east of Abbotsinch Airfield, which would eventually replace it, it began life as a First World War aerodrome.
Renfrew first handled scheduled flights in 1933, with the first regular destination being Campbel-town, on the Kintyre peninsula.
Despite the construction of this new terminal building in 1954, it was soon clear that the airport was too small to cope with the increasing demands for domestic air travel in the 1960s. The final plane took off on May 2, 1966 - its destination being the new Glasgow Airport, just down th road.
After the airport was closed, the runway became the first part of the M8. The airport was demolished in 1978.
A Tesco store and Arkelston Primary School and new housing were built on the former terminal site.
The only trace of the airport is the Viscount Bar pub, which once served as an ancillary building. Named after a Vickers aeroplane, it is situated opposite where the main terminal once sat.
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