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REFUNDS POLICY
We will only offer a refund if the item is found to be faulty or if the authenticity has been proven to be in question.

Refunds are not issued if the item is found to be inappropriate, product descriptions accompany every item and if requested more details can be supplied to assist your purchase decision.

This condition does not affect your statutory rights.

We make every effort to ensure that you are happy with our service. However, if for any reason you are not satisfied with the service you have received, please let us know as soon as possible. We must be notified of goods found to be faulty or damaged in transit with ten days.

 

GIFT AID

Gift Aid allows us to claim an additional 25 pence in every pound we receive in donations. By selecting this option for sponsorship and other donations, you are confirming that you are a UK taxpayer and understand that if you pay less Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax in the current tax year than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all your donations it is your responsibility to pay any difference.

Please notify us if a) You wish to cancel this declaration, b) change your name or home address, c) no longer pay sufficient tax on your income and / or capital gains. If you pay income tax at a higher or additional rate and want to receive the additional tax relief due to you, you must include all your Gift Aid donations on your Self Assessment tax return or ask HM Customs to adjust your tax code.

 

DESCRIPTIONS
We describe the items for sale as accurately as possible. If the purchaser is in any doubt whatsoever about the description, he or she should contact us prior to purchase. Please view our photography of the item and the accompanying description, we will always detail the item as much as possible. Photographs of personalities signing are available where we have had permission of the signee to use a photo of them signing.

 

ITEMS IN STOCK
Our website is updated weekly but sometimes the item that you have requested may have been sold or temporarily out of stock. If this is the case we will contact you as soon as possible.

 

PAYMENT
Payment can be made online via PayPal.

 

DELIVERY
All ‘In Stock’ orders that are received before 1pm, should be despatched from our warehouse the next day via Royal Mail, subject to security checks and payment clearances.

Our standard service for UK orders is a 5 to 8 working days, next working day service available on request, subject to availability. Deliveries can be dependent on our friendly courier drivers and postal workers.

European and Worldwide delivery can take up to 14+ days after being despatched and are subject to customs clearance. Please note, we cannot deliver to PO Box addresses overseas. For bulky items, there will be a postal surcharge dependent on weight and measurements, if you are unsure or would like a quote, please call.

for international orders, once a parcel has left the UK we are unable to track it.

 

CUSTOMS
When ordering mail-order goods for delivery overseas, you may be subject to import duties and taxes which are levied once a shipment reaches your Country. Any additional charges for customs clearance must be paid by you, we have no control over these charges and cannot predict what they will be. Customs policies vary widely from Country to Country and you should contact your local customs office for further information. Additionally, when ordering, you are considered the importer and must comply with all law and regulations of the country in which you are receiving the goods.

 

OWNERSHIP
All goods remain in the ownership of The Yorkshire Air Museum until they have been paid for in full.

 

CANCELLATION RIGHTS (Regulation 10, September 2006)
Under the “Guide for Businesses on Distance Selling”, (DTI / Office of Fair Trading, September 2006) consumers have the opportunity to examine goods purchased “by distance” when they receive them. When a distance customer cancels a contract to which the cancellation provisions apply they are entitled to a refund of any money they have paid in relation to the contract even if the goods are not defective in any way. These cancellation rights end seven working days after the day on which they received the goods.

The cost of returning the goods (the same as the cost of the original supply) will be borne by the consumer.

Blackburn Mercury Monoplane 1911 (Replica) AH (BAPC) 130 YAM Jan.1995

The Blackburn Mercury Monoplane is regarded as the first truly successful aircraft made by Blackburn at their factory in Leeds. The Mercury I, powered by a 50 hp Isaacson radial engine, was displayed at the Olympia Aero Show in March 1911 and made its debut flying from the beach at Filey with the newly formed Blackburn Flying School. In May 1911, it flew from Filey to Scarborough and back in 19 minutes at an average speed of 50 mph, reaching an altitude of 1200 feet.
This aircraft crashed the next day when the engine seized and the propeller flew off! The Mercury I was followed by two Mercury II aircraft powered by 50 hp Gnome engines, and six Mercury III aircraft, with a number of different engines. Sadly, a Renault powered Mercury crashed at Filey in December 1911, killing an instructor and passenger.
The Museum’s replica was built for Yorkshire Television in 1979 for the Edwardian drama series ‘Flambards’, and was taxied with a car engine. It came to YAM on 10th January 1995 and after a long period in storage it was painstakingly restored to a superb display standard, and was unveiled in June 2000 by Professor Robert Blackburn, grandson of Robert Blackburn, the aviation pioneer.

AVRO 504K ‘H1968’ (Replica) AH (BAPC) 42 YAM Oct. 1994

The Avro 504 first flew in 1913. In the opening phases of the First World War, it served with front-line squadrons in the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service for bombing and reconnaissance, but from 1915 onwards the aircraft entered the training role for which it is most celebrated.

Over 8,000 Avro 504s were built. In 1918, the Royal Air Force had about 3,000, of which 2,276 were trainers.

The Avro 504 was stationed at many Yorkshire airfields, including Tadcaster near the A1/A64 junction, where a period hangar can still be seen.

The Yorkshire Air Museum’s replica was built by apprentices at RAF Halton and appeared at the Royal Tournament in 1968 to commemorate what was then fifty years since the end of the First World War. The aircraft was refurbished in early 2015 to be transported to Thiepval, Northern France, for the Somme Centenary commemoration event, on request of the British Government. In May 2018, it was also displayed at the impressive Hotel Les Invalides in central Paris for a joint RAF / French Air Force event to mark the Centenary of the Royal Air Force and over 100 years of British and French Air Force collaboration.