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Seòmar agus comataidhean

Organisation of the Year Award for Aviation Preservation Society of Scotland

  • Submitted by: Martin Whitfield, South Scotland, Scottish Labour.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2025
  • Motion type: Standard Motion
  • Motion reference: S6M-19742

That the Parliament welcomes the news that the East Lothian-based Aviation Preservation Society of Scotland (APSS) has been recognised with the Organisation of the Year Award at Aviation Heritage UK’s recent AGM at the Rolls-Royce Heritage Centre in Derby; understands that the Aviation Heritage awards are given to recognise a deserving individual, group, lifetime achievement and triumph in innovation, and that the APSS award was made in recognition of the group’s outstanding work on its 24-year project to build a replica Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter First World War biplane; congratulates all those involved in the APSS and Strutter project, and wishes them further success with their next construction project and wider activities.


Supported by: Annabelle Ewing, Kenneth Gibson, Jamie Hepburn, Bill Kidd, Liam McArthur