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The Finnish Air Force Museum ( fi, Suomen Ilmavoimamuseo), formerly the Aviation Museum of Central Finland ( fi, Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo), is an
aviation museum An aviation museum, air museum, or air and space museum is a museum exhibiting the history and artifacts of aviation. In addition to actual, replica or accurate reproduction aircraft, exhibits can include photographs, maps, models, dioramas, ...
located near Jyväskylä Airport in
Tikkakoski Tikkakoski is a northernmost residential area of Jyväskylä, Finland, about north of the city centre. It has a population of 6,000. The Jyväskylä Airport, Aviation Museum of Central Finland, and a Finnish Air Force base, with the FAF Headqua ...
, Jyväskylä, Finland. The museum exhibits the aviation history of Finland, from the early 1900s until today. The museum is owned by the Foundation of Aviation Museum of Central Finland ( fi, Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseosäätiö). The exhibition consists of aircraft, engines and aircrew equipment which has been used by the
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. 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 has around 25,000 visitors.


Aircraft

The following aircraft are a selection of the collection. More aircraft are being stored elsewhere, waiting for restoration. *
Avro 504K The Avro 504 was a First World War biplane aircraft made by the Avro aircraft company and under licence by others. Production during the war totalled 8,970 and continued for almost 20 years, making it the most-produced aircraft of any kind tha ...
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Bell P-39 Airacobra The Bell P-39 Airacobra is a fighter produced by Bell Aircraft for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. It was one of the principal American fighters in service when the United States entered combat. The P-39 was used by the ...
* Brewster Buffalo *
Bristol Blenheim The Bristol Blenheim is a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (Bristol) which was used extensively in the first two years of the Second World War, with examples still being used as trainers until t ...
* 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-28 The Ilyushin Il-28 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-28; NATO reporting name: Beagle) is a jet bomber of the immediate postwar period that was originally manufactured for the Soviet Air Forces. It was the Soviet Union's first such aircraft to ent ...
R * Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard * Bf 109G-6Y ''167271'' - MT-507 * Mignet HM-14 Pou du Ciel ''Taivaankirppu'' *
MiG-15 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (russian: Микоя́н и Гуре́вич МиГ-15; USAF/DoD designation: Type 14; NATO reporting name: Fagot) is a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union. The MiG-15 was one of ...
UTI (twin-seated) * MiG-17 *
MiG-21 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Its nickna ...
F,Bis (single-seated) *
MiG-21 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Its nickna ...
U,UM (twin-seated) * Mil Mi-1 *
Mil Mi-4 The Mil Mi-4 (USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 36", NATO reporting name "Hound") is a Soviet transport helicopter that served in both military and civilian roles. Design and development The Mi-4 was designed in response to the American H-19 Chic ...
* Morane-Saulnier MS 50C * Saab 91D Safir * Saab 35 Draken (Single- and twin-seated) * Thulin typ D replika * Tiira * Valmet Vihuri II * VL Humu * VL Pyörremyrsky * VL Pyry


See also

* List of aerospace museums * List of museums in Finland


Sources

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External links


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