Orkney’s Aviation Festival 2021 takes place over two days – 9th- 10th September and covers the present, past and future.
Orkney Aviation Festival 2021
Taking Flight To The Next Level: The Ampaire EEL
A little bit of history was made in Orkney on Thursday, 12th of August 2021. Scotland’s first hybrid electric aircraft flew in from Wick, landing at Kirkwall airport.
Louis Blériot #OnThisDay
On the 25th of July 1909 Louis Bleriot successfully flew his airplane across the English Channel.
Zeppelin #OnThisDay
On 14th of March 1899 Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin took out a US patent for a ‘navigable balloon’. It became known as a Zeppelin airship.
Women Engineers – From Airships to the Space Race
Dr Nina Baker, took us on a journey on Thursday 10th of September, celebrating the work and influence of women engineers from the earliest innovators in flight with balloon technology, through to the Space Age.
Pterosaur corner
“So, how did these graceful beasts fly?”
The First Flight Around The World – via Orphir
This was the largest peacetime operation of its day.
Velkommen til Faroe Airways
Orkney’s Aviation Festival got off to a flying start on Friday night, 12th of September, with the ‘Loganair’ talk from a well informed and humorous Robert Foden.
