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South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum

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The South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum has a wide range of aircraft on display from the earliest days of aviation, through to modern military fast jets. There is also a large collection of civil aircraft and gliders. The museum is also home to the largest permanent display remembering and honouring the
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at Elvington, near York in July 2002. The YHPG display their collection of helicopters among the other SYAM exhibits and have an on-site workshop for continued restoration of their aircraft.
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Replica. Built in 2009 to commemorate the centenary of the 1909 Doncaster Aviation Meeting, the first to be held in England. The replica depicts the aircraft flown by
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arrived at the Falkland Islands after the Argentine surrender and saw no action during the war, however it was used in the immediate aftermath .
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was also the first Sea King helicopter to enter preservation in the UK when it arrived at the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum in July 2006.
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These aircraft listed below are significant to the aviation history of the Doncaster Area having flown from local airfields.
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was the second helicopter to land on deck after modifications were completed). Arrived at Port San Carlos on 2 June 1982.
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as a Sea King HAS.2. Subsequent modifications and upgrades after the War brought the aircraft up to the HAS.6 standard.
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Flown from RAF Finningley with No. 6 Flying Training School between 1993 and the closure of the base in 1996.
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The museum is also home to the Yorkshire Helicopter Preservation Group (YHPG) which relocated from the
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and painted in a white scheme. Recently returned to its original Argentinian markings.
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Many of the exhibits have been painstakingly restored by volunteers, notably the
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as an attrition replacement for the Wessexes lost during the sinking of the
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2003 Cayley Flyer Replica. Built by BAE Systems at Brough and sponsored by
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was killed. The airframe was recovered on 20 October 1982 and returned to
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South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum, registered charity no. 1149429
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and are on display at the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum.
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Aviation museum in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
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where it retains its Danish civil registration marks
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South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum is located in South Yorkshire
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
Coordinates
53°30′51″N 1°06′33″W / 53.5142°N 1.1093°W / 53.5142; -1.1093
Aviation museum
www.southyorkshireaircraftmuseum.org.uk
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
England
Royal Air Force
RAF Doncaster
Bellman hangar
Air Training Corps
World War Two
Yorkshire Air Museum
Falklands War
RAF Finningley
Doncaster Sheffield Airport
Avro Vulcan
Bristol Sycamore
Gloster Meteor
Cessna 150
BAE Systems Hawk
Blériot XI
Léon Delagrange
Virgin Atlantic
Sir George Cayley
De Havilland Dove

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