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Museum Events for 2026

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Remember to keep hold of your ticket, you get FREE re-entry to the museum throughout the year, so you can just pop in for a coffee, buy a gift or go for another tour!
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OPERATION HALIFAX

Our theme and display for the year, marking the 30th anniversary of our Handley Page Halifax being rolled out to the public after a 13 year restoration / rebuild. It includes the story of the real 'Friday the 13th' Halifax, and the work done by bus and coach factories in London to build Halifaxes for the war effort.

April 12th
OPEN COCKPITS

A chance to climb inside the cockpits of some of your favourite YAM aircraft. Around 10 are scheduled to be involved, including Jaguar, Tucano, Tornado, Buccaneer, Devon, Dragonfly, Harrier, Nimrod and Dakota.
Normal Admissions day BUT there is an extra charge of £10 for a cockpit access wristband. Open to adults and children. LIMITED PLACES.
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May 9th - 10th
WE'LL MEET AGAIN

Our annual 1940s weekend. Always a hugely popular event. Re-enactors, live music (Paula Marie will be performing again this year), displays and demonstrations. Halifax LV907 'Friday the 13th' will be outside the hangar for the weekend. Normal Admissions day - NO SPECIAL TICKETS REQUIRED.

June 7th
THUNDER DAY

Static engine runs of a selection of our aircraft. Full details TBC. Special ticket day.

June 21st
COLD WAR WHEELS

Another event growing in popularity. Our celebration of cars and bikes (and even the odd bus) from the 1960s, 70s and 80s, against a backdrop of our Cold War jets. Normal Admissions day.
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July 11th and 12th
YAM COCKPIT FEST

Displays of a number of visiting aircraft cockpit sections. A new event for us. More details TBC.

July 26th
GOLDEN ERA MOTORCYLES

Classic bikes from the earliest days of motorcycling. Normal Admissions day.

August 9th
WOMEN'S SERVICES MEMORIAL DAY

August 30th
MILITARY VEHICLE SHOW

Returning for 2026 after a successful event in 2025. A one-day celebration of military hardware. Vehicles, displays and demonstrations. More details TBC. Normal Admissions day. Exhibitors booking form will be posted shortly.

September 6th
ALLIED AIR FORCES MEMORIAL DAY

September 13th
MILITARY MODEL SHOW - SPONSORED BY AIRFIX

Displays, sales and a competition. Following our successful event in 2025. Normal Admissions day. More details TBC.

September 27th
EMERGENCY SERVICES DAY

All things emergency services, both past and present. Normal Admissions day.

October 11th
OPEN COCKPITS FOR KIDS

Access to a number of our aircraft cockpits - for kids only. Full details TBC but there will be an extra charge for this event.

November 8th
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

Date TBC
PROPS DAY

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.