Following her graduation from Edinburgh College of Art, Sheila worked for 26 years as a designer in the trade before setting up on her own back home in Tankerness, Orkney in 1993. Sheila Fleet Jewellery is a family owned and operated business which made those of us at Cara Magnus feel a real connection when we met Sheila and her son Martin at a trade fair in Glasgow in 2002. We are particularly excited about the new Flight Inspirations collection because of our location on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, home of the first flight, which celebrated its 100^th anniversary at the Wright Brothers Memorial in December 2003.