A multi-engine, instrument rated pilot, James Wynbrandt has been an AIN and Business Jet Traveler contributor since 2003. His in-depth reporting and insightful features have won more than a dozen editorial honors, including two National Business Aviation Association Gold Wing Awards (2019; 2021), and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Barron’s, Fortune, Forbes, and Smithsonian Air &amp; Space. He has flown his Mooney M20K 252 on assignments throughout North and Central America and the Caribbean. Wynbrandt is also the author of Flying High (Wiley &amp; Sons), a biography of Jet Blue founder David Neeleman, as well as histories, references works, and books on a variety of other topics from major publishers. He lives in New York City.

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James Wynbrandt

The Highlands and Islands of Scotland is touting the region’s high-tech manufacturing an. Some 2,000 businesses across the Highlands and Islands are thought to have skills suitable for aerospace-related work, according to the Highlands and Islands Enterprise, a public sector development agency.

 


Its Farnborough Airshow pavilion featured 17 of these businesses and regional institutions representing the wide range of its offerings and capabilities: Copernicus Technology, which provides intermittent fault detection expertise and maritime patrol aircraft training and consultancy; Roavr, a multi-discipline data collection, aerial survey, and filming company that utilizes drones; Inverness Airport, a gateway to the Highlands and connects the region to the entire globe; UK Vertical Launch Sutherland, Spaceport 1 and Shetland Space Centre, which are each developing a spaceport to support commercial unmanned launch vehicles; and Northpoint Aviation Services, a boutique consultancy focused on infrastructure investments, economic impact studies, and route and revenue-development programs.&nbsp;

 


Scheduled events at the Pavilion underscored the region’s aerospace story and include presentations by Scottish MP Drew Hendry and by Highland Council director of planning and development Stuart Black.

 


The Highlands and Islands of Scotland are also touting the region as a prime location for inward investment for aerospace enterprises looking for a foothold in the UK or Europe. Scotland’s quality of life is high, and average salaries are below the UK average, as are its housing prices, said Rory Black, business development director at Inverness Airport Business Park.

Scottish Highlands Tout High Tech

Some 2,000 businesses in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland offer aerospace-related products, services and capabilities.

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