Bob Thomson

Here we are in Congalton East Lothian. Approx 25 mins from Edinburgh. Not officially a museum, but we welcome visitors to come and see us building the Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter, the Sopwith Pup and to see our collection of legacy radio and radar.

Thanks again to the amazing generosity of folk in these terrible times. We really appreciate every penny that goes towards us keeping this amazing project going. localgiving.org/savesophie strutteraviation.com

Thank you all so much. Especially in these hard times. Thanks to you, we are nearly 1/3 of the way towards our target to SAVE SOPHIE. Please pass on this link localgiving.org/savesophie and encourage friends and family to adopt a piece of SOPHIE. And RT. THANKS

Thank you once again people of the twitterverse. In these dark times, people are kindly donating and RTing our SAVE SOPHIE campaign https:localgiving.org/savesophie. You are making a helluva difference! @elcourier @rafmontrose @mcmillwynd @FionaHyslop @Arthurvw1986 @kermitweeks

Amazing response! These are tough times and we really appreciate the amazing generosity of our friends. Particularly 'anonymous' who has almost single handedly kept us afloat. We are very grateful and will do everything we can to SAVE SOPHIE. localgiving.org/savesophie

Wow...only been going since Tuesday and our AMAZING friends have donated over £3,000 towards adopting 1 sq ft of our amazing SOPHIE the STRUTTER. Thank you so much! localgiving.org/savesophie

SAVE SOPHIE! Thank you to all the amazing folk who have contributed to our SAVE SOPHIE FUND so far. We will keep the Old Girl in Scotland if we can and thanks to you, we will! localgiving.org/savesophie

This is exciting! We have a Local Giving page up now and you can ADOPT a sq ft (or as many sq ft as you want) of our Strutter. Let's get the Old Girl into the air and you can watch her fly knowing that she wouldn't be flying without you! localgiving.org/donation/sav…. Please RT

All is quiet in the shed. Social distancing is infinite. Sophie is dreaming of once again being surrounded by children lost in wonder and folk lost in admiration. The Old Girl will be back. And she will FLY. Stay safe. Be strong. We'll get there.

Hey, this is going to be fun! Building aircraft is not all we do - we go to Porty and have a great day - you know you want to too! Just come on down and enjoy a crazy day. First of many!

And this is the RNAS Strutter that Capt Brown supported as a patron, but sadly never saw completed. What a character he was. As was his lovely wife. We'll never forget them.

This is what it's all about. This lovely lady's father was an Observer (in a Strutter) for the RFC during the Great War. She mesmerised us with accounts of daring rescues and with wonderful photographs. Thank you so much for coming in, Dr Jean, and for your amazing generosity.

Yay...we're on STV news at 6 tonight. What a lovely team Vanessa and Colin are! What a good story they tell.