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WELCOME TO THE YORKSHIRE AIR MUSEUM AND ALLIED AIR FORCES MEMORIAL

The UK's largest independent aviation museum, on the former site of RAF Elvington, a World War II bomber base.

We are open seven days a week, are 90% accessible, have a shop & café and are dog friendly. Tickets can be booked online or bought at Admissions and most offer free re-entry for twelve months - proof of id required.

THUNDER DAY TIMINGS

All subject to serviceability.
10.30 Eastchurch Kitten
10.40 SE5A
10.50 Jet Provost
11.10 Victor
11.30 Cheetah Engine
13.15 Nimrod
13.40 Dakota
14.00 Devon
14.20 Cheetah
14.50 SE5A
15.00 Kitten
15.10 Close up photography

CAFE 77 WORK

UPDATED: The passage of time and recent high winds have not been kind to the roof of Cafe 77. We need to erect scaffolding and give the roof some tlc, so in the next couple of weeks you may find yourself being directed in to the building by a different route. NOTE: On Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd, plus Tuesday 27th Feb, the Cafe will be closed entirely, with a tea and coffee station being set up elsewhere. Sorry for any inconvenience.

VACANCIES

See our current vacancies

SELECTED EVENTS FOR 2024 - UPDATED REGULARLY

THUNDER DAY

MARCH 16TH

BUCCANEER DAY

APRIL 6TH

OPEN COCKPITS

APRIL 20TH

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YOUR SUPPORT MEANS ALL THE DIFFERENCE

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We have a number of opportunities in various areas of the Museum

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.