In April 2013 the first unmanned flight over British airspace was successfully completed when BAE Systems flew a Jetstream 31 from Warton, Fylde near Preston to Inverness in Scotland.
Oglethorpe subsequently recruited a company of Scots from Inverness, to migrate with their families to settle at Darien (briefly named "New Inverness") on the mainland, at the mouth of the Altamaha River.
He returned in February 1312, and on 29 October 1312 Norwegian ambassadors met King Robert at Inverness in royal Moray, and agreed to the Treaty of Inverness.
Born in Inverness, Alabama and a graduate of Auburn University, Hitchcock played all four infield positions during a nine-year American League active career.
In 2006 the company was reported to be insuring three sisters from Inverness, Scotland, against the possibility of a virgin birth.
The Caledonian Stadium, currently known as the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is an association football stadium situated in the Longman area of Inverness, Scotland.
Christian Milne, born in Inverness on 15 May 1773, was a Scottish poet of the Romantic Era.
Macleod, who had fought with Montrose at the siege of Inverness, delivered him up to the Covenanters (see Battle of Carbisdale).
Drakies is a small housing estate on the outskirts of Inverness, Scotland, lying immediately south of the former Inverness-shire village of Culcabock.
In 1976, BBC Radio Highland began broadcasting from Inverness.
The Haymarket railway station is here and is called at by the busy commuter services to Glasgow and Fife, as well as long-distance services to Carlisle, Inverness and Aberdeen.
Avoch played Wick Groats in the final on 4 August 2012, at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium, Inverness.
The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) was formed in 1845 to build a railway between Inverness and Aberdeen and so link up with the railways to the south.
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Based in Inverness, the company was formed by merger in 1865, absorbing over 249 miles (401 km) of line.
Additionally a large electrical substation is sited on Dores Road and this facility serves most of Inverness.
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Holm is a small residential area in the south of the city of Inverness, Scotland.
Although Drake's official log was lost, the ship's doctor's log described landing in an area that reminded him of the White Cliffs of Dover.
In 1961 the historic courthouse downtown was used to film the courtroom scene of "Follow that Dream" featuring Elvis Presley.
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The last full weekend in October is reserved for the Great American Cooterfestival, named after the Florida cooter turtle.
He was born at Inverness, the son of John McLennan, an insurance agent of Inverness, and Jessie Ross, his wife.
After completing his articles in 1883 he became assistant in the office of Alexander Ross in Inverness before moving to Glasgow to work for Campbell Douglas & Sellars and then for the Glasgow South Western Railway Engineers' Department.
Kinmylies is an area in the west end of the city of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.
National Cycle Route 78 runs from Claonaig to Inverness.
Randy Copley (b. 4 October 1979 in Inverness, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian ice hockey player who was selected by New York Rangers round 2 #40 overall in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.
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This reading tour visited places as far and wide as Wigtown, Ullapool, Inverness, Edinburgh, Stirling, Lanark and Glasgow and was supported by the Scottish Arts Council.
After passing through North Ballachulish, the A82 turns to run northeast along the Great Glen, which it continues to do for the remainder of the route up to Inverness.
Not long after the Parliament at Inverness Thomas Neilson Mackay, cousin of Angus Du Mackay killed Mowat, the Laird of Freswick in Tain.
BBC Alba has four studios across Scotland, located in Stornoway, Glasgow, Inverness and Portree.
Blàr nam Fèinne (Battlefield of the Fingalians) on Cnoc na Moine (Hill of the Peat) in The Aird, to the west of Inverness, is the site of the 11th century battle between Scottish forces led by Maol Chaluim mac Dhonnchaidh (Malcolm III of Scotland) against Norwegian forces led by Thorfinn.
The A9 runs past the River Garry to the south of Bridge of Tilt, and connects the village with Newtonmore and Inverness in the north and Pitlochry, Perth and Stirling in the south.
The sports fields are used as the home grounds for Inverness Blitz American football home games.
Dance styles associated with the music are Cape Breton step dancing, Cape Breton square dancing (Iona style and Inverness style), and highland dancing.
Castle Stuart Platform was a railway station located near Castle Stuart, to the east of Inverness, now in Highland council area.
Paternally, he claimed to be a near relation of the essayist and politician, the Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh, who was member of the Kellachie branch of the Inverness-shire-based Clan Mackintosh, part of the Scottish Highlands Chattan Confederation.
Forbes Macbean, another of the well known military family descended from Reverend Alexander MacBean of Inverness (mentioned above), won a DSO (Distinguished Service Cross) in 1897 when serving as a Major in the Gordon Highlanders, for the gallant and courageous action in taking the heights of Dargai near the border of Afghanistan, in India's old north west province, which is now part of Pakistan.
The title of Earl of Inverness (Scottish Gaelic:Iarla Inbhir Nis) was first created in 1718 in the Jacobite Peerage of Scotland by James Francis Edward Stuart ("James III & VIII") for the Honourable John Hay of Cromlix, third son of the 7th Earl of Kinnoull, but became extinct upon the death of the grantee in 1740.
In 1923, the Furnace team won the premier national competition, the Camanachd Cup, beating Newtonmore 2-0 at Inverness – and without having dropped a single goal from the start of the competition to their ultimate victory.
The route runs downhill through the suburbs of Inverness, then follows the canal and the River Ness to the city centre, finishing at Inverness Castle.
Other distinct features on the route include the viaducts at Culloden and Tomatin, the spectacular mountain pass at Drumochter and the severe gradients encountered in both directions, particularly the extended climb from Inverness to the Slochd summit which averages around 1 in 60 the whole way.
It was the fire service covering the largest geographical area in the United Kingdom (its area is roughly equivalent in size to Belgium), and has its headquarters in the city of Inverness.
In the autumn he set out to visit western Inverness-shire, the islands of Skye, North Uist, South Uist and Benbecula.
He also constructed the Caledonian Railway, 1848, the Clydesdale Junction Railway, the Scottish Central Railway, the Scottish Midland Junction Railway, and the Aberdeen Railway; and he either brought forward or was consulted about the entire system of railways from Lancaster to Inverness.
John Rhind trained his younger brother, James Robert Rhind (1853–1918), in architecture, who went on to become even more acclaimed than his older brother, designing the Victorian Gothic Town House in Inverness, prior to establishing a practice in Montreal, where he designed the detail and supervised the construction of the Royal Victoria Hospital.
Kilmuir, Black Isle - near North Kessock and Inverness, in the historic parish of Kilmuir Wester
Whilst undeniably a rural line, a historic term in the Act of Parliament for the railways here and around Inverness means that one through service per day is operated over the line towards Aberdeen (see above), whereas all other services start and finish at Inverness.
The king, in person, commanded the center, which was composed of the men from Ross, Perth, Angus, Mar, Mearns, Moray, Inverness, and Caithness.
Gary Warren Mangotsfield United, Team Bath, Newport County, Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
He began his career working on the grounds crew at Inverness Club in Toledo where Tom Fazio was preparing the course for the 1979 U.S. Open.
A flight of No. 614 Squadron RAF was redesignated as 241 Squadron on 25 September 1940 at Inverness.
In June 1940 No. 614 squadron moved to Scotland to carry out coastal patrols, covering an area from Inverness to Berwick, 'A' flight, which was detached to Inverness for that purpose, became No. 241 Squadron RAF in the process.
When included with the Sydney and Inverness coal fields on Cape Breton Island, these regions were extremely prominent in the industrial and social development of Nova Scotia.
He was the only international capped player at Inverness Caledonian Thistle after the departure of Marius Niculae.
In recent years, it stood in for Eden Court’s Riverside Theatre in Inverness whilst they were closed for a major refurbishment.