Sustainable Skies
Join us for family activities across four days at the National Museum of Flight, as part of Edinburgh Science Festival.
About Sustainable Skies
| 14th Apr 2025 to 18th Apr 2025 | |
| 11am - 4pm | |
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National Museum of Flight Scotland National Museum of Flight Scotland East Fortune Airfield, EH39 5LF |
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| Free with museum admission | |
| Event organiser/part of Edinburgh Science Festival | |
| Visit the event website here | |
As well as family-friendly fun, you'll also learn about the future challenges faced by flight and their solutions.
Sustainable Skies Tour
Times: 11:00 – 11:20 & 14:00 – 14:20, drop-in.
Join a guided tour of the Civil Aviation Hangar to find out more about the future of sustainable flight.
Shared Resources Challenge
Times: 11:00 – 13:00 & 14:00 – 16:00, sign up on the day.
Your party has crashed in the jungle. Working together, you must choose which equipment to take with you to escape the jungle. Will you do better as a group or on your own?
Sustainable Trail
Time: 11:00 – 14:00, drop-in.
Take a picture of the trail quiz questions using your phone then find the answers as you explore the museum. When you’re finished, you can check your answers at the Boeing 707 in the Concorde Hangar.
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