Meteor NF14 WS788 Award Winning Restoration Project

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Meteor NF14 WS788 Award Winning Restoration Project A page to record and share news of the Yorkshire Air Museum's Armstrong Whitworth Meteor restoration. Meteor NF(T).14 WS788. It's not just about WS788 for us!

As a bonus for our followers we also share on here our work on any other old aircraft types we get to assist with! The aircraft was built at Baginton, Coventry, in February 1954. In July 1954, it was issued to 152 Squadron at Wattisham. It served with the No.2 Air Navigation School at Thorney Island and later at No.1 School at Stradishall, where it was damaged in an accident. In January 1966, it was allocated for ground instructional use. In June 1967, WS788 was moved to Patrington Radar Station near Spurn Point, East Yorkshire, as a static display aircraft. When Patrington closed, it was moved to Leeming, North Yorkshire, to be the Station Gate Guard. It was brought to Elvington in 1991 and has been displayed there in 152 Squadron colours ever since. After 24 years museum display it is time to restore the jet to her former glory! We also look after 788's half sister, Meteor F.8 WL168, and muck in on other museum aircraft when needed. This page is not affiliated to the official Yorkshire Air Museum account and is run by volunteers. The views expressed here are our own and not those of YAM.

Our side quest is really gathering momentum! Take a look at the work we are doing alongside restoring WS788 to bring a c...
04/10/2026

Our side quest is really gathering momentum! Take a look at the work we are doing alongside restoring WS788 to bring a crashed and stripped DH Chipmunk back to her former glory. As WK640 is crash damaged rather than rotten and neglected, bringing her back from the dead involves a whole different skillset we haven't really explored/honed that much on 788. I hope you'll enjoy riding along with us as we repair an example of a type so many of us former ATC cadets have such fond memories of. The 'Chippy' gave many of us our first flight and the aviation bug, now we are giving back by saving one of the breed.

Much Meteor-ing done today...
03/10/2026

Much Meteor-ing done today...

Can't have anything nice. Since we were in last, some lovely individual has crossed the barrier and nicked this built mo...
03/10/2026

Can't have anything nice. Since we were in last, some lovely individual has crossed the barrier and nicked this built model of 788 in her 2ANS colours and the sealed vintage Matchbox kit off the top of my desk. Not impressed.
If it just happens to appear for sale anywhere, do let me know...

Where we were at on this day 7 years ago!
28/09/2026

Where we were at on this day 7 years ago!

Something a bit different today; 999 day at YAM!
27/09/2026

Something a bit different today; 999 day at YAM!

That's first day of Pig School completed!
26/09/2026

That's first day of Pig School completed!

Pig School Day! As something slightly different Tom and I are at the museum today to learn from Adam how to look after, ...
26/09/2026

Pig School Day! As something slightly different Tom and I are at the museum today to learn from Adam how to look after, and run, our live Jet Provost. While we have all done quite a bit of live running activity in the past (and currently!), it's nice to start learning this little beast. Still in a training role after all these years, the JP will stand us in good stead for when we bring 788 live!

13/09/2026

Our YAM volunteer engineers' model display at the YAM model show!

The YAM Engineer's tables at our annual model show. Come say hello!
13/09/2026

The YAM Engineer's tables at our annual model show. Come say hello!

If you like your aircraft smaller and more, well, plastic-ier than the usual fare on this page, you could do much worse ...
12/09/2026

If you like your aircraft smaller and more, well, plastic-ier than the usual fare on this page, you could do much worse than to pop to YAM for the model show and competition tomorrow. Some of us volunteer engineers are supporting it with a table or 3 of our builds, I'm just about to start sorting through these loft dwellers to see what's worth bringing!
*be warned. There will be traders present...!

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