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Kirkwall lifeboat to undergo life-extending refit

Kirkwall RNLI will see a refit of its all-weather vessel, this year, as part of a programme to extend the lifespan of Severn-class lifeboats. Kirkwall’s Margaret Foster will have her engines overhauled, and a new “state-of-the-art” navigation system installed, according to the lifesaving charity. This news comes as the RNLI begins its third century of […]
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Event to explore ‘the other John Rae’

A Kirkwall audience will get a look into the life of one of Orkney’s aviation pioneers. John Rae was a pilot with Scotland’s first civil air service, the short lived Midland and Scottish Air Ferries Ltd. before joining Ted Fresson’s Highland Airways, which ran the first air mail route between Orkney and the Scottish mainland. […]
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