The Yorkshire Air Museum Blog brings you a diverse range of information and interesting subjects. As well as the latest news from around the museum, we also delve into the history of RAF Elvington and bring you stories from our past in the Remembrance and History section. If heritage and aviation engineering is your passion, you can learn more about the work of our engineering team.
Our podcast season will be starting again very soon and if you enjoy a nice read, then take a look at the What We Are Reading to gain an insight into the kind of books our team enjoy.
Museum News
Read the latest news from the Yorkshire Air Museum, our past events and what is happening around the Museum.
Farewell to Harry Welch
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Remembrance 2019
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Pilots Young, Not So Young and the Handley Page Halifax
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Remembrance and History
The wonderful history of our home here at RAF Elvington, stories of the Squadrons who flew from here in wartime and some of the amazing people who continue to inspire us today.
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18th June 1940 A Key Date in France and England’s History
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D Day from RAF Elvington – What Action the French Squadrons Flew on The Momentous Day
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Why Did Josephine Baker visit RAF Elvington in 1945? And Who Was This Amazing Woman from WW2?
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Heritage Engineering
Our Heritage and Engineering team care for our diverse range of live aircraft, from WW1 biplanes through to cold war jets. Many of our aircraft are kept live and our visitors love seeing, hearing and enjoying the aroma of these wonderful aircraft. Gain a Behind the Scenes pass and read more about our restoration programmes here.
Big Radial Overhauls
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Podcast
Tune in to the Museum’s podcast. Each series has a different theme and gives you an insight to life in years gone by, our work and our desire to Honour, Educate, Inspire. The current podcast series was created by the great team at Time and Again Theatre Company
Greyhounds Episode 11
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Greyhounds Episode 10
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Greyhounds Episode 9 – Marmalade
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What We’re Reading
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth – Review
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if you enjoy reading, whether it’s aviation, history or other subject, here’s a collection of reviews from the team of what we’ve been reading recently.
