EVENTS

Museum Events for 2025

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ELVINGTON 44/45
THE FIGHT FOR LIBERTY

The Yorkshire Air Museum’s major theme for 2024 and 2025. It covers one of the most significant twelve months in history – from just before D-Day up to the final liberation of Europe – and the role that aircraft in our collection played in that.

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Oct - Nov
VAMPIRE TRAIL

Running throughout all of October and November - 'Vinny' the De Havilland Vampire, has hidden 7 bats around the museum, be the first to spot them all!

Nov 9th REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

There will be a service at 11.00 am at the French Memorial in Elvington Village. At 2pm there will be a service in the museum Chapel, followed by a wreath laying ceremony in the Memorial Garden.

Nov 15th YAM MILITARY MODEL SHOW

In collaboration with York Plastic Model Society and with kind support from AIRFIX - a model display and competition.
Competition categories –
1. Pre-war Aviation
2. Post-war Aviation 1945 – Present
3. Wartime Aviation 1939 – 1945
4. Military Vehicles
5. Junior Modeller
6. Best in Show Award
There will be a small prize for 1st place in each category, along with certificates for 2nd and 3rd place. The prize for the ‘Best in Show’ award is a short 20-minute tour of YAM’s Handley Page Halifax Mk.III - ‘Friday the 13th’.
Competition entries are welcome on the day (£2.50). Normal Admissions day - no special tickets required.
Competition Terms and Conditions:

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Dec 2025
SANTA AIRLINES 2025

Now in its fourth year! Climb aboard our grotto with a difference - the Dakota paratrooper transport aircraft.
Children (and parents) gather in the departure lounge for activities, before being taken to the main hangar to board the aircraft. Price is £12.00 for one child and one accompanying adult (limited due to space) and includes a gift from Santa. You also need to have an admission ticket for the Museum (returns are applicable).

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PLAN YOUR VISIT

We hope these resources will help you have a wonderful experience when visiting and help you get the most from your day out with us.

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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.