February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Edinburgh aviation craze of 1910, when local aviators tried – with varying degrees of success – to reach for the skies

February 1, 2023February 7, 2023 threadinburgh

The thread about the Gibsons of Leith; the enterprising fish smokers who survived shipwreck at the ends of the earth to become pioneers of aviation in Scotland

November 6, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the brief life of the Dalmuir aero industry; when Clyde shipbuilders constructed the largest aircraft in the world

October 17, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the Scottish industrialist, the sleepy Ayrshire village, the Spanish aristocrat and groundbreaking work on rotary-winged flight