The
Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial is a large aircraft museum on the
Elvington WWII airfield near York. It has lots of exhibits and regularly has
Thunder Days
when some aircraft are powered up.
Mooch had a quick visit and then Monty took granddad Bob on a Thunder Day. There are
a lot of exhibits both outside and within the hangars & other buildings.
(23-Apr-2014 / 03-Aug-2015)
Here is a general view of the buildings with the Victor tanker aircraft in the background.
![Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum](images/yam_g10_640.jpg)
This is a replica Avro 504K trainer from WW1. Mooch found that the Canberra B2 cockpit section
(on the left of the photo) can be climbed into and is a favourite with children and monkeys.
![Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - inside the Canberra cockpit](images/yam_h01_640.jpg)
Mooch sitting on the tail hook of the Fairey Gannet AEW3 (XL502).
The blue aircraft to its right is a Hawker Hunter T7 (XL572).
![Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - Hawker Hunter in hanger](images/yam_h04_640.jpg)
Hanging from the roof of this hangar are replicas of several very early aircraft types.
This is a replica of the 1853 Cayley Glider, and has itself been flown sucessfully.
![Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - 1853 Cayley Glider](images/yam_h08_640.jpg)
This is a 1911 Blackburn Mercury replica.
Mooch is sitting on the Gloster Meteor F8 (WL168, painted up as WK864).
![Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - 1911 Blackburn Mercury & Gloster Meteor](images/yam_h09_640.jpg)
There are a lot of bomb and rocket exhibits.
![Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - bombs and rockets](images/yam_h02_640.jpg)
Mooch liked the colours, shapes and patterns in the hangars.
![Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington](images/yam_h10_640.jpg)
There is not enough hangar space for all the aircraft so many modern aircraft are kept outside.
Here are a pair of Tornados and a Harrier.