​After studying The History of Art at the University of York, her interest in the relationship between history, identity, and public memory led her into the heritage sector. Since then, she has worked across museums and historic sites, developing a passion for making history accessible to wider audiences.

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Kelsey works with museums, heritage organisations, production companies and aviation institutions to explore aviation's past and present, making historical subjects accessible and engaging for contemporary audiences.

Her work spans military aviation, the First World War, aviation heritage, warbirds and the wider cultural history of flight.

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She is known online as 'Flying Historian'.

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"The name came about because I've always loved history - even though I used to mess around in my history lessons at school!

I studied Art History in university but I didn't continue with a masters because I just wanted to go into the world. After being inspired by the research for my dissertation on Sir Edwin Landseer, I moved to the Highlands of Scotland. There I worked at 'The Clachaig Inn' and eventually returned to England to begin a career in heritage.

 

I began writing a fictional story on Great War pilots after learning what an SE5 was. A short video I made gained attention. That video was about my Artificial Horizon from a Spitfire. I suppose the A.H gained me an unexpected audience. Since then, I've attended heritage events, gone flying in all sorts of aircraft, and made wonderful friendships with wonderful people. I'm not a pilot but I do love flying, and I enjoy history, and so 'Flying Historian' it was. "