The Yorkshire Air Museum Blog gives details of the current happenings around the Museum. For details of upcoming events, our Calendar shows the dates and full details of special days. If you’re planning to visit us, our Plan Your Visit page gives details of our opening times and how to get the best from your visit.
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Farewell to Harry Welch
Today is the funeral of museum volunteer guide Harry Welch. Sadly, we cannot be there with his family in the ...
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The Luftwaffe attack on RAF Elvington – Operation Gisela
By of 1945, the Allied Air Forces enjoyed strong air supremacy across most of Europe. The home skies of the ...
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Remembrance 2019
After many days of Yorkshire rainfall leading up to Remembrance Sunday, it was refreshing to see such a bright, mild ...
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Pilots Young, Not So Young and the Handley Page Halifax
To celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the Handley Page Halifax bomber, here at the Yorkshire Air Museum, we invited current ...
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Join The Museum Team, Be Like Jeff
Anyone who has visited the museum this summer will know that our team of guides and stewards are amongst the ...
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999 Emergency 2019 – A Record Setting Day
We were simply stunned by the response to this year’s 999 Emergency Services Day. After a busy summer holiday season, ...
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Allied Air Forces Day and a New Museum Initiative
Sunday 1st September was a day that the Chairman of The Yorkshire Air Museum, Martin Withers declared ‘the most important ...
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Lord Halifax and Family Meet Our Halifax Once Again
Quite probably the most famous aircraft in the Museum collection is Handley Page Halifax Friday the 13th. The only complete ...
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Museum Chair Martin Withers Becomes a Living Legend of Aviation
On July 20th 2019, the Yorkshire Air Museum's Chair of Trustees Martin Withers flew to Austria to be inducted into ...
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An Intern’s Story – From Old to New
Each summer, we welcome students of engineering from across Europe. Belgian student, Katleen Verhoeven spent some time with the Museum ...
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Présentation du Nouveau Directeur du Musée et Mémorial
Le 1er juin 2019, alors que l’Europe entière commémorait le 75ème anniversaire du Débarquement en Normandie, le Yorkshire Air Museum ...
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Introducing the New Museum and Memorial Director
On the 1st of June 2019, The Yorkshire Air Museum welcomed a new Director. Barbara George began her role as ...
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An Intern’s Story – From Kerosene to Hydrogen
In 2017, Belgian student Kobe Geerts was with us for six weeks as part of his studies in Aviation Technology ...
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Open Cockpits Day 2019
"What is it like inside the cockpit?" It's a subject we have been asked many times over the years and ...
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16th May 1944 – 346 Squadron Goes Live
On the 16th of May 1944, a French Tricolour flag was raised in the centre of RAF Elvington and a ...
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Against The Odds 2019 – D Day 1944
Against The Odds 2019 was the third year of welcoming the amazing re-enactor crews, dancers and singers to the Museum ...
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Women In Aviation – #womeninculture 2019
In a world where 52% of the population is made up of women, we are truly fortunate that in Europe ...
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Yves Mahé and The York Blitz
In the early hours if the morning of April 29th, 1942, German bombers attacked York. Often referred to as the ...
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A Guided Tour of Halifax Friday the 13th
The Yorkshire Air Museum is home to the unique exhibit of Halifax Friday the 13th. For many people, the prime ...
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Eloise the Future Engineer – a Guest Blog Post
Many people will be aware that the aircraft here at the Museum are cared for by a team of volunteer ...
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Christmas Party Time at the Museum
It's that day when the Christmas Jumpers are shaken down and checked for tightness. If they're tighter than last year, ...
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