On the night of 11th Feb. 1941, 79 Wellingtons. Whitleys and Hampdens set off to bomb Bremen and, of these, only 27 claimed to have reached the target. On the return 22 aircraft were lost when thick fog blanketed their home bases making navigation very difficult. Whitley V P5013 from 51 Sqn. at Dishforth got lost and the crew parachuted to safety, with the aircraft finally coming down near Hatfield, East of Doncaster. This Merlin X Single Stage engine was recovered at the crash site from 18ft of clay in 1987 and is now on display at the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum/Aeroventure.

This SIGINT Nimrod ditched into the Moray Firth after an engine fire on the 15th May 1995 but, fortunately, all the crew survived. Parts of the wreckage were salvaged and the cockpit section is now on display at the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum/Aeroventure.

This Scout served with 656 Squadron and saw considerable action in the Falkland Islands conflict. After the end of its service life it served as an instructional airframe at Yeovil College and was earmarked for display at RAF Wattisham but is now on display at the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum/Aeroventure.

This Wessex first flew in April 1966 and after retirement was placed on display, or rather more accurately, in the restoration queue at the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum/Aeroventure.

This Dominie was delivered to the RAF in March 1966 and had been wfu by December 1996. It was used as an instructional airframe at Cranwell and St. Athan before arriving at AeroVenture (formerly the South Yorkshire Aviation Museum), where it is seen here undergoing restoration.

Photographed departing Glasgow from runway 23. Year built:- 2003 and formerly with My Travel Airways as G-JOEE and with THY Turkish Airlines registered TC-JMG

LX-OCV taxiing out for for departure. Year built:- 1999

Virgin's large hot air balloon giving a late evening flight to a good load of fare-paying passengers over North Lancashire. It was built in 2015.