"We'll Meet Again" Yorkshire Air Museum - May 8~10th The weather forecasts weren't looking great for Friday and Saturday. As I towed the Jeep to Elvington, I passed through torrential rain, lightning and thunder. What should have been a trip of just under two hours, turned out to be three hours due to a closed road and walking speed traffic around York's northern ring road. When I arrived, I found no rain and the ground was dry, so I managed to get the camp set up and the Jeep assembled without getting wet. In fact, the forecast late afternoon and evening rain never came. After having something to eat, I went for a walk around the museum site and their nature walk.

There was a little rain over night, but it was dry by Saturday morning. It was a bright, but overcast day, but at least the rain stayed away. This time last year, the HP Victor was covered in scaffolding, being repainted, so this was my first opportunity to see it complete. I think most of the displays were those I'd seen in previous years at the show, including The Troubleshooters, Royal Navy Bomb Disposal and B Company East Yorks.



There were a number of RAF aircrew who were frequently seen around the Halifax during the day, but they were also used in a professional photoshoot on Saturday evening, for around fifty visiting photographers. I took these pictures on Saturday afternoon.

There were a group of paratroopers camped near the Dakota and they were often seen around the entrance door, or kitting up just along side the aircraft. In addition to the visiting vehicles, there were several of the museum's own vehicles on show, including the refueller and Austin NAAFI van.

Sunday was a much brighter day, with blue sky and scattered clouds. On a couple of occasions, a two seat Spitfire, operating out of Leeds East airport, flew over the museum. It was fairly high, so these pictures were with a 300mm lens, heavily cropped. The all light blue scheme is copied from the prototype Spitfire, to mark 90 years since the first flight of the Spit in March 1936.

Many of the aircraft had been shuffled around for the weekend, to make space for the re-enactor camps and also for the Halifax and Dakota to be positioned for the weekend. Many of the smaller jets were clustered around the Victor near the museum boundary.

There were a few civilian cars on show, but I only spotted one motorcycle.

I had my own Halifax photoshoot on Sunday morning, before the public came in. Some were taken with a tripod and timer, while one of the museum photographers also assisted for some of the shots. Only a handful are shown here, with me holding my K-20 aircrew camera, taking a photograph, while being photographed.

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