Jetstream on arriving at the museum

On 1st November the museum received Jetstream T1 XX477

Mike McEvoy in front of 'his' RAF Hunter, now stored at the Chilean Air Force Museum

On 13th September Mike McEvoy aka 'Grumpy Old Modeller' gave a talk about his career as an RAF pilot and subsequent careers in Air Traffic Control and his life-long interest in modelling.

SYAM Chairman Frank congratulating Robby on his captivating talk

On Saturday evening the museum hosted an evening talk by Wg Cdr 'Robby' Robinson titled 'Avro One & the The V-Force'.

The evening talk was well attended by museum members, visiting pilots and modellers

The talk covered Robby's early career in the RAF including his time as a pilot of a Valiant nuclear bomber

The talk then covered the second part of his career as a test pilot and this included testing the Nimrod for inflight re-fueling during the Falkland's War which was ordered, designed, built and tested within four weeks, and also the installation and testing of Sidewinder missiles.

27th July saw YHPG's 2008 Open Day at Aeroventure. YHPG has now been based at Aeroventure for several years and the open day allows the group members to welcome and meet visitors / supporters, catching up on restoration news.

The museum welcomes visiting helicopters and this was one of three helicopters flying in on the day.

On 19th July the museum received Vickers Centurion Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle (BARV) 02 ZR 77 on loan from Phil Turner.

On 28/29th June Aeroventure hosted the 2008 Northern Model boat Show by the Conisbrough & District Modelling Association

To make the weekend special for the modellers, the museum put up a boating lake/pond of approx 5600 gallons.

The weekend was well attended and stands included:- Goole Model Boat Club, Hartsholme Electric Model Boat Club from Lincoln, Vicar Water Models, Rawdon Model Boat Club, Three Shires Radio Model Boat Society, York Model Boat Club, Wearside Model Boat Club, Sheffield Ship Model Society, Southport Model Boat Club, Hull Model Boat Club, Tyne Models, Guide Dogs for the Blind

The show was a big success and we are looking forward to hosting next years CADM boat show on the 20th/21st June 2009.

As part of our push to be ready for the summer season, Aeroventure held its annual cleanup day on the 8th March with many members turning out to clean the main hangar and polish up the exhibits.

A big thanks and well-done to everyone who helped out. Thanks to Naylan for these photos.

With 3/4 hours notice we were delighted to have land Alouette HA-PPC (built in Oct 1960 and accepted by the British Army in Nov 1960) along with Gazelle HA-LFH in its distinctive yellow colour scheme. This being one of the first trips out in the UK for the Gazelle as it only arrived in this country yesterday.