Our book 'Waterbird: Wings Over Windermere' is now available to buy! Early in the morning on 25th November 1911, an Avro Curtiss-type floatplane took off from a hangar at Hill of Oaks, on Windermere, to make history. ‘Waterbird,’ commissioned by Edward Wakefield from...

There are no photos known of flight-testing as a landplane at Brooklands. This painting, by Stephen Chard GAvA, depicts the scene.

It is 110 years since a Patent was awarded to Edward Wakefield for the ‘stepped' float.

We had the privilege of 7 members of The Guild of Aviation Artists Midlands Group visit Waterbird. An example of their work is here.

Many congratulations to Roger Mallinson upon being awarded the MBE. When a Sunderland flying boat came to Windermere in 1990, Roger’s steam launch Shamrock acted as tender and also when a Catalina flying boat visited in 1994. Roger attended the replica Waterbird...

We are pleased to say that you can now follow the story of Waterbird on Facebook. Join our public group page 'Waterbird - Wings over Windermere'.

There will be a full-length documentary on the More4 channel on Thursday 1 December at 9pm. This Warplane Workshop episode will take viewers behind the scenes of our Project to create the replica Waterbird seaplane.

We are privileged to have received the Desmond Penrose Silver Salver for the vintage aeroplane of the year from the Vintage Aircraft Club.

It was a great honour to have received The Robert Pleming Memorial Award for Innovation 2022, including a magnificent trophy and a cash prize of £500, from Aviation Heritage UK.   

We are delighted to have been awarded The Bremont Special Recognition Award 2022 by The National Transport Trust. The presentation was made by Edd China.

The replica Waterbird Demonstration Flights have taken place to great public and media interest. Credit: BBC North West

Demonstration Flights of the replica Waterbird are due to take place on 22nd and 23rd September at Windermere. For details, please click here.

Please click here for an article about Why a Short Sunderland flying boat factory was built at White Cross Bay, Windermere in 1941-1942.

110 years ago, at Windermere, Gertrude Bacon became the first woman in the world to fly as a passenger in a hydro-aeroplane.