- Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola
Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola (Sola Aviation Museum) is an aviation museum located in
Sola , nearStavanger ,Norway . The museum was founded in1984 , and is run by local volunteers on an unpaid basis. The museum is currently housed in an old aircrafthangar at the former military seaplane base at the Stavanger Airport, built by the Germans duringWorld War II .In the hangar, the museum houses the display, as well as a small café (the former bar for one of the fighter squadrons stationed at the airport), in addition to a workshop, where currently a
Messerschmitt Bf-109 , an Arado Ar 96, aCaproni Ca.310 bomber, and parts of aPBY Catalina is under restoration.The collection of the museum is mainly centered at local history, with remains from several aircraft being on display, as well as smaller displays featuring various Norwegian airlines, such as the now defunct
Fjellfly andBraathens S.A.F.E (now merged into SAS). In terms of military history, the museum mainly focus on theRoyal Norwegian Airforce , as well as the GermanLuftwaffe as per World War II. The museum currently houses one jet fighter of every type used by the RNoAF, as well as a number of trainers, in addition to what is probably the only remaining, or at least most complete Arado Ar 96, as well as the airframe of an Arado Ar 196 stationed onBlücher when she was sunk in the Oslofjord in April1940 .List of civilian aircraft on display
Fokker F.27 Friendship, in the colors of Norwegian Air ShuttleConvair CV-440 Metropolitan, in the colors of Norsk Metropolitan KlubbNoorduyn Norseman , in the colors of FjellflyAntonov An-2 , on display outdoors, formerly used by the local parachuteclubDe Havilland DH-114 Heron, in the colors of Braathens S.A.F.E
Aero Grand Commander, formerly used by the Norwegian Environmental Protection Agency (Statens Forurensingstilsyn)Bell 47 , in the colors of Helikopter Service (now part of CHC Helicopter Service)Former Royal Norwegian Airforce aircraft
North American F-86F, and F-86K
Republic F-84G and RF-84F
Lockheed T-33A
Bell UH-1BDe Havilland DH-100 Vampire (in Swiss colors)Saab Safir Northrop F-5ACanadair CF-104 Fiesler Fi 156 Storch (inWorld War II Luftwaffe colors)External links
* [http://www.flymuseum-sola.no/sider/hoved.html Flyhistorisk Museum Sola official site]
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