Editing Elvington, North Yorkshire (section)

==Airfield==
{{main|RAF Elvington}}
[[File:Aerial AirfieldElvington.jpg|thumb|left|Aerial view of the Runway]]
The Yorkshire Air Museum is based at Elvington Airfield, a former [[Second World War]] bomber station. The main runway was expanded in the [[Cold War]] era to become one of the longest in Europe, which enabled it to accept large American bombers such as the [[B-52 Stratofortress|B52]]. The Yorkshire Airshow, the largest in the [[North of England]], was held here annually (now bi-annually) during August.

The airfield has a [[race track]], which is used for [[drag racing]] and other motorsport events. In November 1966, Italian [[motor scooter]] rider Alberto Ancillotti on his [[Lambretta (motorscooter)|Lambretta]] bike established the 106&nbsp;mph terminal speed record at this venue.<ref>[http://www.mmlambretta.com/ancillotti/index.html MMLambretta.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929185458/http://www.mmlambretta.com/ancillotti/index.html |date=29 September 2007 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.racinglambrettas.com/howthetdidit/ancillotti%20interview.html RacingLambrettas.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.ancillotti.com/story_corpo.htm Ancilotti.com]</ref>
In the 1970s the airfield was the outdoor location for a series of ''[[Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!]]'', a situation comedy on British television.

=== Top Gear ''Vampire'' dragster crash ===
During filming of a ''Top Gear'' segment filmed at the airbase on 20 September 2006, [[Richard Hammond]] was injured in the crash of the jet-powered car he was piloting.<ref name="BBCNews1">{{cite news|title=TV presenter 'stable' after crash|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/5366422.stm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017154900/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/5366422.stm|archive-date=17 October 2007|access-date=18 June 2009|publication-date=21 September 2006|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|website=BBC News |quote=The 36-year-old was thought to be driving at about 300mph on an airfield near York when he crashed on Wednesday.|date=21 September 2006}}</ref><ref name="BBCNews2">{{cite news|title=Hammond talks to Top Gear co-star|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5371556.stm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203095946/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5371556.stm|archive-date=3 February 2007|access-date=8 December 2008|publication-date=22 September 2006|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|website=BBC News |quote=Mr Hammond suffered a "significant brain injury" when he crashed a jet-powered car at a speed of up to 300mph during filming near York.|date=22 September 2006
}}</ref><ref name="HSE1">{{cite report|title=Investigation into the accident of Richard Hammond
|url=http://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/releases/richardhammond.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928001836/http://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/releases/richardhammond.pdf|archive-date=28 September 2007|access-date=18 June 2009|publication-date=22 June 2007|publisher=[[Health and Safety Executive]]|quote=The BBC Top Gear programme production team had arranged for Richard Hammond (RH) to drive Primetime Land Speed Engineering’s Vampire jet car at Elvington Airfield, near York, on Wednesday 20&nbsp;September 2006.|page=1}}</ref> He was travelling at {{nowrap|288 mph}} {{nowrap|(463 km/h)}} at the time of the crash.<ref name="TopGear1">{{cite report|title=0-288mph-0 in 20 seconds|url=http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2007/01/stories/09/1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021025011/http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2007/01/stories/09/1.html|archive-date=21 October 2007|access-date=18 June 2009|publication-date=28 January 2007|publisher=[[BBC Magazines]]|quote=Watch the reconstruction step-by-step as we talk you through every stage of the events leading up to the 288mph crash, or play it through at full speed to appreciate the astonishing acceleration and G-force of the 10,000bhp rocket car.}}</ref>