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 cultural artifacts, artifacts of aviation. In addition to actual, replica or accurate reproduction aircraft, exhibits can include photographs, maps, P ...
located near
Jyväskylä Airport
Jyväskylä Airport (; fi, Jyväskylän lentoasema) is an airport in Jyväskylä, Finland. It is located in the center of the Finnish Lake District approximately north of the center of Jyväskylä. The airport terminal was renovated in the fall ...
in
Tikkakoski,
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
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 has around 25,000 visitors.
Aircraft
The following aircraft are a selection of the collection. More aircraft are being stored elsewhere, waiting for restoration.
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Avro 504K
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Bell P-39 Airacobra
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Brewster Buffalo
The Brewster F2A Buffalo is an American fighter aircraft which saw service early in World War II. Designed and built by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, it was one of the first U.S. monoplanes with an arrestor hook and other modifications ...
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Bristol Blenheim
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De Havilland D.H.60X Moth
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De Havilland D.H. 115 Vampire Trainer T.Mk.55
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Douglas DC-3
The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner
manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II.
It was developed as a larger, improved 14-bed sleeper version ...
i.e. C-47
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Focke-Wulf Fw 44 J Stieglitz
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Fokker D.XXI
The Fokker D.XXI fighter was designed in 1935 by Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker in response to requirements laid out by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force (''Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger'', M ...
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Folland Gnat Mk.1
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Fouga CM170 Magister
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Gourdou-Lesseurre B.3
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Ilyushin Il-28
The Ilyushin Il-28 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-28; NATO reporting name: Beagle) is a jet aircraft, jet bomber of the immediate postwar period that was originally manufactured for the Soviet Air Forces. It was the Soviet Union's first such ai ...
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Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard
The Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard was developed as a powerful and fast biplane fighter for the Royal Air Force (RAF), but the end of the First World War led to the abandonment of large-scale production. Fewer than 400 were eventually produced, with man ...
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Bf 109G-6Y ''167271'' - MT-507
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Mignet HM-14 Pou du Ciel
The Mignet HM.14 ''Flying Flea'' (''Pou du Ciel'' literally "Louse of the Sky" in French) is a single-seat light aircraft first flown in 1933, designed for amateur construction. It was the first of a family of aircraft collectively known as Flyi ...
''Taivaankirppu''
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MiG-15 UTI (twin-seated)
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MiG-17
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MiG-21 F,Bis (single-seated)
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MiG-21 U,UM (twin-seated)
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Mil Mi-1
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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 Chick ...
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Morane-Saulnier MS 50C
Morane-Saulnier MoS-50 (also MS.50) was a French parasol configuration
trainer aircraft built in 1924. The twin-seat aircraft was of wooden construction and was one of the last aircraft to have a rotary engine, a Clerget 9B.
In 1925 six MS.50 ...
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Saab 91D Safir
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Saab 35 Draken (Single- and twin-seated)
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Thulin typ D replika
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Tiira
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Valmet Vihuri II
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VL Humu
The VL Humu (Whirlwind) is a Finnish fighter aircraft, designed by Valtion lentokonetehdas in 1944, and based on the American Brewster F2A Buffalo.
Design and development
The Finnish Air Force had acquired 40+ surplus B-239 naval variants of ...
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VL Pyörremyrsky
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VL Pyry
See also
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List of aerospace museums
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List of museums in Finland
This is an incomplete list of museums in Finland. According to a report, the total number of museums in Finland is 280 (2013), of which 139 are cultural history museums, 71 special museums, 55 art museums and 17 natural history museums. Circa 160 o ...
Sources
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External links
Finnish Air Force Museum– Official homepage
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Aerospace museums in Finland
Buildings and structures in Jyväskylä
Military and war museums in Finland
Museums in Central Finland