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Greyhounds Episode 11

As we near the anniversary of VE Day, we’re revealing the latest podcast episode, brought to you by the amazing team at Time and Again Theatre Company.

Greyhounds Episode 10

We’re up to episode 10 of Greyhounds, brought to you by the great team at Time and Again Theatre Company.

Greyhounds Episode 9 – Marmalade

We hope you’re enjoying the great story being unfolded by the team at Time and Again Theatre Company. Here’s the latest episode. If you’re wishing to catch up, you can find the series right here.

Greyhounds Episode 6 – Secrets and Lies

We hope you’re enjoying this series, brought to you by the great team at Time and Again Theatre Company. Don’t forget, you can catch up on any of the previous episodes in our feed or by clicking on our Podcast category right here The great team at Time and Again Theatre Company are the talented […]

Greyhounds Episode 5 – Once More Into the Breach

With the Easter weekend upon us, you have the perfect chance to sit back and listen to the Podcast brough to you in collaboration with the greta people atTime and Again Theatre Company. If you’ve missed any episodes, you can catch the full series right here.

Greyhounds, Episode Four

We hope you’re enjoying the story as it develops, if you’ve missed the start of this series, you can find all the episodes you’ve missed right here. GREYHOUNDS
 
WRITTEN BY LAURA CROW
 
EPISODE FOUR – A GAME OF CARDS Copyright © Laura Crow 2020
  INT. ENTRANCE HALL OF THE HOLMES RESIDENCE – NIGHT Edward enters […]

Greyhounds Episode Three

Welcome to Episode Three of Greyhounds. If you’re wishing to catch up on the series, you can find all of the episodes together on one location right here GREYHOUNDS
 
WRITTEN BY LAURA CROW
 
EPISODE THREE – BLOOD AND SWORD AND FIRE Copyright © Laura Crow 2020
  INT. SHUTTLEFIELD VILLAGE HALL – DAY Ruby leads the […]

Greyhounds – Episode 2

We hope that you are enjoying this new adventure we are taking as a Museum in collaboration with Time and Again Theatre Company. Here is Episode 2, ready for you to stream online via your favourite channel EPISODE 2 THE WOODEN O  INT. SHUTTLEFIELD VILLAGE HALL – DAY Sunday afternoon, 9th March, 1941 – Ruby crosses […]

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.