The Aviation Preservation Society of Scotland’s recent award success at the Aviation Heritage UK AGM has been recognised at the Scottish Parliament in a motion tabled by Martin Whitfield MSP.

The APSS were given the Organisation of the Year award at the AGM in Derby, recognising the group’s remarkable commitment to its 24-year project to construct a WW1 Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter biplane.

Martin Whitfield MSP said: 

“I have been following the work of the APSS and its remarkable Strutter project for many years now and know how much dedication has gone into it. 

“To have been recognised by their peers in this way is the highest recognition of their achievement and I’m delighted for the whole team.”

The full motion reads:

Title: Organisation of the Year Award for Aviation Preservation Society of Scotland

Motion Text:

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.