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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.
If you’d like to help support the Museum, you can buy a Sponsor A Plane pack online or purchase other aviation related gifts.

Sunbathing...

Dakota Taxiing in the Sunshine

Saturday saw our Dakota taxi testing out on the wide expanses of Elvington airfield. A relatively low key event, the ...
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The RAF BBMF Dakota - photo by Mark Napier

A Saturday For Piston Engines – 7th May

Here’s a short rundown on our anticipated schedule for this Saturday 7th May. It’s looking like we have fine weather ...
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The brass Poppy Pin, one of 19,240

19,240 – One for every soldier….

19,240. Study that figure for a moment. That’s the number of soldiers killed on the opening day of the Battle ...
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Ready for the race...

Behind The Scenes with Tour de Yorkshire

While the Museum may be better known for our Thunder Days and our diverse aircraft collection, we also have the ...
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Explore the interior of our original WW2 Dakota

On Any Sunday….

With more than forty aircraft to care for, restoration and maintenance is an ongoing task here at the Museum. A ...
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From left to right, YAM catering assistant Jan Handley; Victoria Wood; catering assistant Pam Handley (she and Jan are sisters in law! and finally catering assistant Kath Mellor.

Victoria Wood 1953 – 2016

It was so desperately sad to hear of the passing of Victoria Wood yesterday. She was an amazingly talented writer ...
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Museum’s Avro 504 To Commemorate Centenary of The Somme in July

The Battle of the Somme was one of the most infamous and hard fought battles of the Great War, its ...
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On board the C47 with Graham and Andre

Thunder Day Review

Sunday dawned a little damp and cloudy. There may be lots of daffodils by the roadsides this spring, but nobody ...
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Royal Flying Corps pilots and aircraft were unable to match the climb rate of a Zeppelin

Images From Early Yorkshire Aviation

The new Gasbags to Super Zeppelins exhibition has certainly stimulated interest in the World War One era of flight. We’ve ...
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A chance to see aircraft come to life

Thunder Day is Coming This Weekend!

The chance to see a unique combination of military aircraft, all with their engines running, up close and very loud, ...
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The SE.5A replica and C47 Dakota will both the starting.

Seven Reasons Why Families Enjoy The Air Museum

Families looking for things to do in Yorkshire visit the museum and have a wonderful time, often spending far more ...
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Content from The Museum archives on display thanks to Heritage Lottery Funding

“Gas Bags to Super Zeppelins – Terror from the Sky” Open Now!

In the early years of the First World War, Britain came under air attack for the first time in history ...
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From A to Z, starting with Aircobra

A Scroll Through The Ferry Pilots Notes

In recent times, the work of the Air Transport Auxiliary has been highlighted in several TV documentaries. Their valuable work ...
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Contre Amiral Patrick Chevallereau presenting the Legion d'Honneur, Frances's highest award to Dennis Anderson from Hovingham.
Picture: Richard Doughty Photography

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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Gaining access to big radial engines can be rather complicated

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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The Museum enjoys strong ties with other Allied coutries

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

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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