Mooch - Yorkshire Air Museum

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)

The Yorkshire Air Museum has its own Fire Service that is very busy on Thunder Days,
and it also provides general cover for Elvington airfield operations.
Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - Fire Service

Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - Fire Service

The Fire Service helps prepare the Douglas DC3 Dakota (KN353), and watches during its
engine runs and then cleans up.
Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - Fire Service helps prepare the Dakota DC3

Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - Fire Service helps prepare the Dakota DC3

Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - Dakota DC3 runs an engine

Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - Dakota DC3 run its engines

Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - the Fire Service watches the Dakota DC3 run its engines

Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - the Fire Service cleans up after the Dakota DC3 engine runs

The Blackburn Buccaneer S2 (XN974) was next to start its engines, and it did a short taxi run.
Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - the Fire Service watches as the Blackburn Buccaneer S2 starts

Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - the Fire Service watches as the Blackburn Buccaneer S2 starts

Mid way through its taxiing the Buccaneer stopped to test various systems.
The bomb-bay under the fuselage can be seen partially open here.
Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - the Blackburn Buccaneer S2 testing systems

Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - the Blackburn Buccaneer S2 testing systems

The Buccaneer finished its taxi run by folding its wings.
Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - the Blackburn Buccaneer S2 folds its wings

Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - the Blackburn Buccaneer S2 folds its wings

Mooch monkey at Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington - the Blackburn Buccaneer taxiing

Here's a video of part of the Buccaneer's taxi run.

Yorkshire Air Museum - Fire Service, DC-3 Dakota and Buccaneer