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Beltane Fire Festival

Official achievement authored by JimG008.

The modern Beltane Fire Festival is inspired by the ancient Gaelic festival of Beltane which began on the evening before 1st May and marked the beginning of summer.

The current Beltane was started in 1988 by a small group of enthusiasts including Angus Farquhar of the musical collective Test Dept., choreographer Lindsay John, and dancers from Laban, as well as academics from the School of Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh. The event was intended as a celebration of traditional rituals as a local manifestation of an international spirit. Originally intended to take place on Arthur's Seat, the home of earlier Edinburgh Beltane celebrations, for practical reasons the location was moved to Calton Hill. Choreography, iconography and performance were moulded by the originators' research into historical accounts of Beltane and their own influences (e.g. Test Department's drumming, Trinidadian carnival, and ritual dance and performance).

The Beltane Fire Society, a registered charity that runs the festival, is managed by a democratically elected voluntary committee, and all the performers are volunteers who either join by word of mouth or by attending one of the advertised open meetings held early in the year. Senior performers and artists in the society help others through workshops with aspects of event production, prop construction, character performance techniques, team building, percussion skills and the health and safety considerations involved. The society has also held fundraising art and music events and has held a 'mini-Beltane' at a local AIDS Hospice, Milestone House.

Criteria

Depart from an airport of your choice, fly to and land at EGPH, your flight distance must be further than 100 NM. Your landing rate must not exceed 200 f/m.
Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
19JUL25 1735Z EBBR EGPH EDUARDO MARTINEZ HERDUGO Boeing 737 MAX 8 (B38M) -112 ft/m 472 nm 01:14 View
19JUL25 1341Z LFRB EGPH Delta Tango Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) -52 ft/m 487 nm 01:29 View
18JUL25 0010Z EGGW EGPH Derrek Gardner Airbus A319 (A319) -196 ft/m 294 nm 00:49 View
16JUL25 1632Z EGAA EGPH Joe Delaney Airbus A320 (A320) -77 ft/m 146 nm 00:29 View
13JUL25 1904Z EDDH EGPH Wjat76 Airbus A321 (A321) -165 ft/m 532 nm 01:24 View
12JUL25 1943Z EGSS EGPH slyfox-Bert Boeing 737 MAX 8 (B38M) -102 ft/m 323 nm 00:59 View
12JUL25 1435Z EGSS EGPH Mapex Boeing 737 MAX 8 (B38M) -183 ft/m 326 nm 00:55 View
09JUL25 1508Z EGPE EGPH Ben Stratford Beechcraft Super King Air 350 (B350) -181 ft/m 136 nm 00:36 View
07JUL25 2251Z EKBI EGPH Markus Karlsson Boeing 737-800 (B738) -92 ft/m 474 nm 01:17 View
06JUL25 2357Z EGQS EGPH Titanman908 Cirrus SR22 Turbo (S22T) -83 ft/m 178 nm 01:03 View
05JUL25 1733Z LIRF EGPH Andy R [BAV001] Boeing 737-800 (B738) -165 ft/m 1141 nm 02:47 View
05JUL25 0852Z EGNM EGPH Xeromman Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) -175 ft/m 160 nm 00:25 View
02JUL25 1918Z EGNM EGPH CPT Jose Collado Embraer ERJ-190 (E190) -133 ft/m 174 nm 00:38 View
02JUL25 1915Z EGNM EGPH Charliemenem Airbus A321 neo (A21N) -52 ft/m 169 nm 00:37 View
02JUL25 1915Z EGNM EGPH Tomas Pontetto Embraer ERJ-190 (E190) -138 ft/m 166 nm 00:34 View
02JUL25 0610Z EGNJ EGPH Razak Piper Malibu Meridian (P46T) -165 ft/m 219 nm 01:09 View
02JUL25 0609Z EGNJ EGPH KipOnTheGround Piper Aerostar (AEST) -83 ft/m 220 nm 01:09 View
02JUL25 0607Z EGNJ EGPH ChaseButters Beechcraft 2000 Starship (STAR) -168 ft/m 225 nm 01:06 View
02JUL25 0605Z EGNJ EGPH Jfoot709 Beechcraft Duke (BE60) -45 ft/m 219 nm 01:04 View
02JUL25 0604Z EGNJ EGPH Standard_Land Mooney M-20 (M20P) -64 ft/m 223 nm 01:03 View