Bath-based email specialists Aqua Media are part of a consortium developing an online aviation history museum.

Aqua Media is currently producing a pilot project of the cyber museum in conjunction with consortium members South Gloucestershire Council, Bristol Aero Collection BAE Systems and the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust.

The ambitious project will celebrate the region's contribution to the aviation industry, from the Bristol Box Kite built in 1910 to Concorde, created in the Seventies.

Aqua Media Managing Director Jo Clifford spoke of her enthusiasm for the project, which she says appeals to a worldwide audience:

"This is one of the most exciting projects we've been involved in. There is tremendous interest throughout the world in aircraft, the aero engines that make them fly, and the people who built them..

"Our task now is to create a pilot cyber museum so this story can be told to people around the world."

South Gloucestershire Executive Councillor for Community Services Tony Davis furthers the consortium's link with aviation, pointing to his former career with British Aerospace.

He said: "I think this is an extremely exciting project, not least because I am one of the many who worked for British Aerospace at Filton for a number of years.

"The website will bring history and modern technology together to provide a wealth of information and previously unpublished material for all to see."

The public will be able to access archive photographs from Filton's BAE Systems. Engines and aircraft housed in the Bristol Aero Collection will appear in the cyber museum.

Aqua Media face the tough task of creating a website which is accessible to plane pundits and contains room for future aviation technology to be added.

Creative Director Chris Southam said: "The technical challenge in setting up a website like this is to make it as flexible as possible, to allow for future expansion."

"It's quite a balancing act making sure that the site is exciting and visually interesting, but also including enough factual and historical detail to satisfy serious researchers."