Always. If there’s a gold rush, sell shovels, don’t get dirty… 
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Probably his retirement flight…? 
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I suspect you are right. .
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A little slice of GA from over here in blighty:
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I met that guy at Audley end. Really genuinely nice man
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@Scoop has landed there
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No really. He has landed a twin otter there lol
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Twotter AND BN2 Islanders at Barra. I have also landed on a beach at Sollas (PA28) and Loch Lomond (Pegasus microlight). In the first picture you can see where I once landed the Islander ‘off airfield’ on the far side of the bay due to fog obscuring the official landing areas. I taxied across along the coast to collect the patient.
Airport terminal. Runways are in the sea at the bottom of the picture. The tide does go out. Hence the BA timetable for the passenger service saying ‘Times subject to tides’
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Barra is the only beach airport that currently has a scheduled service. Sollas used to
https://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Sollas
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All inflight births are registered with the Civil Aviation Authority, who naturally take note of flights which arrive with more passengers than they departed with.
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Sounds like fun
What nationality will the baby have? Departure or Arrival? 
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Poneybirds!
I can’t breathe! I am laughing to hard!
Would it not depend on in which half of the trip it happens?
I’m showing myself out.
Bwarh har har har. Breathe breathe, ohh them tears of laughter
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Wow, Incredible!
My mind cringes a little bit watching the salt water totally immerse parts of the airframe that I don’t even like salt air hitting. How do you mitigate corrosion in an environment like that? It is possible?
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I expected nothing less 
Wash with regular water, extra maintenance and lubrication schedule.
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@Ponybirds @DanTDBV Baby is born above the location the mother wishes. The pilot signs to say where he was over and may put anywhere down along the flightpath.
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After a landing at Barra, on return to Glasgow the tech log is recorded as the aircraft having a fault. The aircraft is not allowed to fly again until it is signed off as having had a “Barra wash”. Basically it is power washed to get the salt off.
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Pretty similar to our maintenance practices when returning from the coast then. In addition to our 90-day low exposure washes (which actually get done about every week it seems, whenever the bird lands on home base), our maintenance program requires a wash after returning from a coastal environment.
I just can’t imagine what that much salt water does to all kinds of stuff. It’s amazing the airplanes last any time at all, lol.
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