The Clerget engine used by Oscar Gnosspelius in Gnosspelius No. 2 at Windermere is now on display at the Lakeland Motor Museum, in the Campbell Bluebird building, with details of its remarkable survival story.

The story behind the poster for Wings Over Windermere 2024 is related in this article which will be published shortly in the Guild of Aviation Artists’ Quarterly News magazine.

We are delighted to announce that Flying Displays will take place on 5th and 6th September 2025, subject to Permissions being granted by the Civil Aviation Authority and the Lake District National Park Authority. For details, please click here.

A review of the book on Waterbird and this website is contained in the Autumn/ Winter issue of The Catalina News. 'Waterbird Wings Over Windermere is a superb history of the original seaplane and the project to return a replica Waterbird to the air. The regularly...

The original Waterbird took the entire front page of the Aeroplane magazine on 25 January 1912.  This article about the replica appeared in the November 2024 edition.

The replica Waterbird was flown by Navy Wings and Royal Navy pilot Lt Cdr Chris Götke AFC. Here is his Report and a photo of him with Jane Puckering. Jane is the daughter of John Lankester Parker who was a flying instructor at Windermere 1915-1916 and test-flew the...

Along with a flypast by a Lancaster bomber and a flying display by an Aviat Husky seaplane, against sunset over the Langdale Pikes, the replica Waterbird carried out spectacular flights.

On 6th September 2024 at 6.00-6.10pm 5.45pm a flypast will take place of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s Avro Lancaster, centred off Brockhole. This is particularly relevant in that Waterbird was built as a landplane by Avro at Manchester in 1911.

Our exhibition at Windermere Library, first floor, is now open. It is the first permanent exhibition recording the vital role played by Windermere in the history of the development of seaplanes. Opening Times:- Monday: 10am - 1pm Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 10am -...

Here is the poster for Wings Over Windermere 2024.

We continue to increase our works of art with this latest item. It is associated with the members of the Fell and Rock Climbing Club killed in World War 1.

See the replica Waterbird take flight on 6th and 7th September 2024! The team are delighted to announce this award-winning replica seaplane will again take to the air. - Flights are subject to permission being granted by the Lake District National Park Authority to...

Ian Gee, Derek Wrathall, Adrian Legge and Kate Tripp went up Great Gable to pay the respects of The Lakes Flying Company on the centenary of the unveiling of a memorial plaque to the members of the Fell and Rock Climbing Club killed in World War 1. In 1924, the...

Held at the Marchesi Centre, Windermere the event went very went well with almost 100 entrants. There was a full-size simulator and, as by a seaplane flown by Frank McLean in 1912, accomplishments were made of passing through Tower Bridge and underneath other bridges...

On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the amazing achievements of Gertrude Bacon which include: In 1909, at Reims she was the subject of the first illustration of a woman on board an aeroplane In 1912, at Windermere she was the first woman to fly in a...