Airframes
Benevolens Magister
As promised, here is another photographic tour of a UK aviation museum, this time the Yorkshire Air Museum Allied Forces Memorial at the former WW2 RAF bomber airfield at Elvington, just outside the historic City of York.
Myself, Jan (Lucky) and Karl (Rochie), together with my friend Mick, visited this excellent museum on a very wet and windy day, in what is supposed to be late spring! We discovered that, due to a conference having been held in the main hangar the previous day, most of the aircraft had been moved outside into the torrential rain. Consequently, some of the photographs are not as good as they could be, but this will be rectified later in this 'tour', as I will be returning to the Museum in late May.
Being only about three miles from the centre of the City, a visit to the Museum can be combined with a stay in historic York, the walled City with its ancient buildings and impressive Minster, one of the oldest and largest Gothic cathedrals in Europe, and one of Britain's nicer tourist attractions. Apart from the impressive aircraft collection, the Museum also has many period vehicles and other similar exhibits, and the main camp area and control tower have been preserved as they were during World War 2, when first 77 Squadron RAF (HP Halifax), and then 346 and 347 (Free French) Squadrons, also equipped with the Halifax, were stationed there.
So, to start the tour, here are the first series of photos.
PICS 1 to 4. Map of the UK showing where York is, a typical City street, and York Minster.
PICS 5 and 6. Directions map and plan of the Museum site.
PICS 7 to 11. Looking across to the main T2 hangar, and Buccaneer S2b which served in the first 'Gulf War'
PIC 12. The same aircraft alongside its stable-mate, Buccaneer S2.
As with the previous museum tours I've posted, further sections will be added more or less daily, and I hope you enjoy the 'tour'.
Myself, Jan (Lucky) and Karl (Rochie), together with my friend Mick, visited this excellent museum on a very wet and windy day, in what is supposed to be late spring! We discovered that, due to a conference having been held in the main hangar the previous day, most of the aircraft had been moved outside into the torrential rain. Consequently, some of the photographs are not as good as they could be, but this will be rectified later in this 'tour', as I will be returning to the Museum in late May.
Being only about three miles from the centre of the City, a visit to the Museum can be combined with a stay in historic York, the walled City with its ancient buildings and impressive Minster, one of the oldest and largest Gothic cathedrals in Europe, and one of Britain's nicer tourist attractions. Apart from the impressive aircraft collection, the Museum also has many period vehicles and other similar exhibits, and the main camp area and control tower have been preserved as they were during World War 2, when first 77 Squadron RAF (HP Halifax), and then 346 and 347 (Free French) Squadrons, also equipped with the Halifax, were stationed there.
So, to start the tour, here are the first series of photos.
PICS 1 to 4. Map of the UK showing where York is, a typical City street, and York Minster.
PICS 5 and 6. Directions map and plan of the Museum site.
PICS 7 to 11. Looking across to the main T2 hangar, and Buccaneer S2b which served in the first 'Gulf War'
PIC 12. The same aircraft alongside its stable-mate, Buccaneer S2.
As with the previous museum tours I've posted, further sections will be added more or less daily, and I hope you enjoy the 'tour'.
Looks like it was a little cool.
