Yorkshire Air Museum

Yorkshire Air Museum

After visiting the National Railway Museum we headed to the Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington, York to spend the remainder of the day before travelling back home. The museum had a huge variety of exhibits to visit including Airborne Forces Display, Uniform Display, Air Gunners Display, Archives & Reference Library, Museum Shop, Chapel, Memorial Garden and museum Headquarters.

With the photographs for my book the priority we started in the main display hall that was home to a mainly World War II Aircraft, helicopters and vehicles including a Luftwaffe Messerschmitt. As we were leaving the hall a professional photographer, staff and a model in period costume arrived to use some of the aircraft as the backdrop of his photo shoot. 

Outside the main hall a number of more modern fighter jets were on display and provided a great variety to the propeller aircraft. With time against us before they closed we briskly walked around the remaining hangars and displays. Again this is another great museum with a great variety of interesting exhibits that I would recommend you visit. Below are some of the photographs I took.

York Steam Museum

York Steam Museum

After visiting the Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon we continued our Journey to York with another slight detour to the Midland Railway, Butterley only to find that the trains only ran on a Sunday. With two stops we arrived later than planned and decided to check in to the hotel and explore the city centre and York Minster as we would require more time at the National Railway Museum to ensure we saw all the exhibits and trains.

Friday morning we arrived at the Museum which is free admission and started to explore and take 

photographs. The variety of trains from all eras was on display including a replica of Stevenson Rocket, a Japanese bullet train and a Euro Tunnel train. The Museum was full of people including a local primary schools event with hundreds of children learning about the history of the trains. One of my favourite trains was the Mallard that recorded the speed record of 126 mph in 1933 and next to her was a Chinese locomotive which towered above all others. The size and weight of the trains was incredible with the majority driven by steam. Again this was another great museum to visit which I would recommend.

Gaydon Motor Museum

Gaydon Motor Museum

Having decided to visit the National Railway Museum in York we started the long four hour journey on the Thursday morning. Whilst on the M42 approximately halfway to York I noticed a sign for the Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon, Warwickshire and we decided to investigate as this would allow us to take a break. 

After a quick investigation of their website while sat in the car park we discovered that they were home to a vast number of cars and motor vehicles and decided to enter. The place was amazing and the collection of cars was wonderful ranging from family cars from all eras of transport to vehicles used in movies such as the back to the future DeLorean. I would recommend everyone spend time and visit this great museum. A sample of the many photographs I took is below.