The Yorkshire Air Museum Blog gives details of the current happenings around the Museum. For details of upcoming events, our Calendar shows the dates and full details of special days. If you’re planning to visit us, our Plan Your Visit page gives details of our opening times and how to get the best from your visit.
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Légion d’Honneur Ceremony For D Day Veterans
On the 70th anniversary of D-Day in June 2014, the French President announced that the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur, ...
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Big Radial Overhauls
Big radial engines always seem to have a character of their own. Our Dakota engines, in the true tradition, always ...
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Allied Air Forces Memorial Gains European Recognition
We were pleased to announce this week that the European Union has granted Europe-wide Trade Mark ownership of the title, ...
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More Than Just An Air Museum
This short picture-show gives a brief and emotional glimpse into the wide range of activities we undertake each year, in ...
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Blackburn Buccaneer S2 – Low Level Strike Bomber, XN974
Our live Blackburn Buccaneer S2, XN974 is getting a well-deserved refurbishment.
Kindly donated by British Aerospace, the aircraft flew to the ...
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Remembering Desert Storm 25 Years On
In 1990, Iraq invaded neighbouring Kuwait. What became known as Operation Desert Storm, to retake the country using an international ...
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Happy New Year!!
The Museum would like to thank all our visitors, supporters and staff and take this opportunity to wish you all ...
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York Floods
We would like to inform potential visitors that the Museum is opening as normal despite localised flooding, and access roads are ...
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A Short and Fast Christmas Video
Here's a short (very short!) and fast (very fast!) Christmas video showing some of the great team of people at ...
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Lovely Surprise For Airborne Veteran
We love surprises, after all who doesn't? It was wonderful to be part of a suprise event yesterday (13th December) ...
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Our Winter Hangar Move
The air museum has a single large display hangar for our larger aircraft, plus of course a range of other ...
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New Chief of French Air Force becomes Vice President
It was announced today that Général André Lanata, Chief of the French Air Force is to become the new Vice President ...
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Veterans Receive Top Honours at Museum’s Remembrance Day Ceremony
Each year, Remembrance Sunday is a poignant and special occasion at the Air Museum. As veterans sadly leave us, it ...
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Remember, Remember the 5th of November!
The date of the 4th / 5th November 1944 is indeed remembered here at the Allied Air Forces Memorial, as ...
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Final Tragedy of French Airmen’s Service Recalled.
The forthcoming Remembrance Services at Elvington and the Yorkshire Air Museum will reflect on the 70th Anniversary of the repatriation ...
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Night Shoot Photography Results
Our night shoot photographic opportunities are a great way to photograph some of our exhibits in a way that you'd ...
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France to Honour Normandy Veterans at Remembrance Service
It is planned for up to 7 British veterans of the D-Day invasion of Europe in 1944 to be honoured ...
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Ride of Honour in Support of Allied Air Forces Memorial
Support for the Yorkshire Air Museum & allied air Forces Memorial has been shown in lots of different ways over ...
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Cold War 'Heavy Metal' Nightshoot!
Following on from the highly successful 'Friday the 13th' Nightshoot held in March this year, we are once again delighted ...
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Announcement – Vulcan
As many of you will be aware, Vulcan XH558 suffered an operational problem yesterday with its front undercarriage locked in ...
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Please note
Recently the press inaccurately reported that our event on Sunday 6th September was to be "The Elvington Air Show". This ...
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