Aviation Museum of Central Finland
- Aviation Museum of Central Finland
The Aviation Museum of Central Finland is an aviation museum in Tikkakoski, Jyväskylän maalaiskunta, Finland. The museum exhibits the aviation history of Finland, from the early 1900s until today. The exhibition consists of aircraft, engines and aircrew equipment which has been used by the Finnish Air Force. The equipment of the Air Force Signals Museum has its own section. A large collection of scale models gives a wider perspective to the whole field of aviation.
The museum is visited annually by some 20,000 persons.
Aircraft
The following aircraft are a selection of the collection. More aircraft are being stored elsewehere, waiting for restoration.
* Avro 504K
* Bell P-39 Airacobra
* Bristol Blenheim (not in public exhibition)
* De Havilland D.H.60X Moth
* De Havilland D.H. 115 Vampire Trainer T.Mk.55
* Douglas DC-3 i.e. C-47
* Focke-Wulf Fw 44 J Stieglitz
* Fokker D.XXI
* Folland Gnat Mk.1
* Fouga CM170 Magister
* Gourdou-Lesseurre B.3
* Ilyushin Il-28R
* Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard
* Bf 109G-6Y "167271" - MT-507
* Mignet HM-14 Pou du Ciel "Taivaankirppu"
* MiG-15 UTI (twin-seated)
* MiG-21 F
* MiG-21 UTI (twin-seated)
* Mil Mi-1
* Mil Mi-4
* Morane-Saulnier MS 50C
* Saab 91D Safir
* Thulin typ D replika
* Tiira
* Valmet Vihuri II
* VL Humu
* VL Pyörremyrsky
* VL Pyry
Sources
* Heinonen, Timo and Kakko, Tapio: "Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo, Tikkakoski", Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo, Tikkakoski, 1989, ISBN 952-90-092-5-9
External links
* [http://www.k-silmailumuseo.fi/?action=etusivu The museum's homepage]
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