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The Falkland Islands currently has three primary means of transport-road, sea and air.

However in 1946, when Sir Miles Clifford arrived as governor, there were no air services, no roads outside Stanley and an indifferent sea service.

Sir Miles was instrumental in starting the Falkland Islands Government Air Service in December 1948.

The inaugural flight involved a mercy flight from North Arm Settlement to Stanley to bring a girl with peritonitis to life-saving medical help in Stanley.

There is now an international airport, a domestic airport, a number of airstrips, a growing road network and a much-improved ferry service between the two main islands.