South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum - AeroVenture

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The South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum, which is also known as AeroVenture, is located at Doncaster in South Yorkshire on the former site of RAF Doncaster.

The museum contains a collection of aircraft from the first airshow in Britain at Doncaster Racecourse in 1909, to modern fast jets and civil light aircraft, as well as cockpits and interactive exhibits.

History
The Aeroventure site was a civilian airport in the 1930s and the museum was constructed by the RAF in 1938.

The airport was used by the RAF in the Second World War (RAF Doncaster) and later the civilian operators fenced off Aeroventure from the airport to be used as a water board depot. The rest of the airfield was re-developed into what is now the Lakeside development and the water board continued to use their depot until the late 1990's.

After the water board vacated the site then South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum moved in. After much hard work renovating the site the museum opened to the public in 1999 and was called 'Aeroventure'.

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South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum Address & Travel
South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum
Dakota Way
Airbourne Road
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN4 7FB
Telephone: 01302 761616

Car:
The museum is located just a few minutes drive from M18 junction 3. Follow signs for 'Lakeside' until you pick up the signs for 'Aircraft Museum' with the propellor symbols. If approaching from Bawtry Road the museum take the junction for the Dome/Asda and follow the brown signs. The satnav postcode DN4 7NW works best.

Rail:
Doncaster Railway station and Robin Hood airport both offer good links for visitors coming from further afield.

Bus:
The number 55, 57, and 91 buses will take visitors from the town centre interchange to the Dome, from there it is only a short walk to the museum.

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How much does it cost?
The admission fee can be found on the official website.

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What are the Opening Hours?
The Opening Hours can be found on the official website.

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For more information then visit the
• South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum official website.

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Accommodation: postcode - DN4 7NW

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Museum Aircraft:

Main Hangar:
• Austin Whippet K.158 (Rep, BAPC.207)
• Beagle Airedale G-ARXB (C)
• Bell 47 Sioux AH.1 XT242 (YHPG)
• Bristol Sycamore 14 XE317
• Cessna 140 G-BTYX (C)
• Cessna F.150G G-AVAA
• de Havilland Dragon Rapide G-AHED (F)
• de Havilland Vampire T.11 XE935
• de Havilland Canada Chipmunk T.10 WB733
• Gloster Meteor T.7 WA662 (UR)
• Gloster Meteor F.8 WL131 (C)
• Hawker Hunter T.7 N-302 (C)
• Hawker Hunter FGA.9 XG297 (C)
• Hawker Hunter GA.11 WT741 (C)
• Hawker-Siddley HS.748 G-OPFW (C)
• Hiway Skytrike G-MJKP
• Hunting Jet Provost T.4 XS216 (C)
• Mainair Triflyer G-MMDK
• Panavia Tornado F.2 ZD938 (C)
• Robinson R-22 G-DELB
• Robinson R-22 EI-JWM (C)
• SARO Skeeter AOP.12 XM561
• Scottish Aviation Bulldog T.1 XX669
• Slingsby Prefect TX.1 WE987
• Stolp Starduster Too G-BNNA (C)
• Sud Gazelle AH.1 XX411
• Vickers Varsity T.1 WJ903 (C)
• Westland Whirlwind HAR.1 XA862 (C)
• Westland Whirlwind HAR.1 XA870 (YHPG)
• Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 XJ398 (YHPG)
• Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 XP345 (YHPG)
• Westland Wessex HU.5 XS481
• Westland Scout AH.1 XP190
• Westland Scout AH.1 XP902 (C)
• Whittaker MW5-K G-MVNT
• Whittaker MW8 G-MYJX
• Cayley Flyer (2003 Replica)

Building 19:
• Avro Anson C.19 VP519 (C)
• Beagle Pup 160 HB-NAV (C)
• Blackburn Beverley XL149 (C)
• English Electric Canberra B.2 WD395 (C)
• Grumman AA-1-B G-BCLW
• Handley Page Jetstream 200 G-ATXH (C)
• Hunting Jet Provost T.3 XM411 (C)
• Slingsby Cadet TX.3 XE797 (C)
• Vickers Valletta WJ476 (C)

Building 21:
• Auster AOP1 LB314
• Blackburn B.2 G-ADFO/G-ACBH (F)
• Bleriot XI (Rep)
• Hawker Tempest V SN280 (C)
• Mignet HM14 Flying Flea G-AEJZ
• North American T-6 Harvard FX322 (C)
• WACO CG-4 Hadrian (Rep, C)

Outside:
• Aermacchi MB339A "0767" (F)
• Avro Vulcan B.2 XL388 (C)
• Blackburn Buccaneer Test Rig 'XN979' (C)
• Blackburn Buccaneer S2.B XX888 (C)
• De Havilland DH-104 Dove 8 G-DDCD/G-ARUM
• Douglas DC-3 N4565L (S)
• English Electric Canberra T.4 XH584 (C)
• English Electric Canberra B(I).6 WT319 (C)
• English Electric Canberra PR.7 WH779 (C)
• English Electric Canberra PR.7 WT536 (C)
• English Electric Canberra T.17 WJ565 (C)
• English Electric Canberra T.19 WJ975 (C)
• English Electric Lightning F.3 XP706 (S, UR)
• Enstrom 280c HB-XMO (C)
• Handley Page Jetstream T.1 XX495
• Hawker Hunter F.51 E-424 'WV314'
• Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 XV752
• Hawker Siddeley HS.125 Dominie T.1 XS735
• Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 XW666 (C)
• Hawker Siddeley P.1127 XV280 (C)
• Hunting Jet Provost T.3a XM350
• Hunting Jet Provost T.3 XN511 (C)
• Piper PA-23 Apache G-APMY
• Westland Sea King HAS.6 XV677

Museum Workshop
(Please note: Aircraft in the workshop are not publicly viewable during normal opening times)
• Westland Dragonfly HR.5 WN499 (UR, YHPG)
• Westland Scout AH.1 XV139 (UR)
• Auster J1.N G-AHPP (UR)

Key:
(C)- Cockpit section
(F) - Fuselage section
(Rep) - Reproduction
(S) - Stored but viewable to public
(UR) - Under Restoration
(YHPG) - Aircraft from Yorkshire Helicopter Preservation Group collection.