Central Finland Aviation Museum

Exhibition hall with Gourdou Reading Urre GL.22 in the foreground

The Aviation Museum of Central Finland is an aircraft museum in Tikkakoski , Finland . The museum shows the aviation history of Finland from the first balloon flights in the 19th century to modern aviation.

The exhibition consists of aircraft, engines and equipment that were used by the Finnish Air Force .

The museum has around 20,000 visitors annually.

Planes

Bell P-39 Airacobra

The following aircraft are just a selection from the exhibition. Several exhibits are still waiting in storage for restoration.

• Avro 504K
• Bell P-39 Airacobra
• Brewster 239 ( BW-372 )
• Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV
• De Havilland DH60X Moth ( OH-EJA )
• De Havilland DH 115 Vampire T.Mk.55 (trainer)
• DFS 108 consecration ( OH-WAB )
• Douglas DC-3
• Focke-Wulf Fw 44J Stieglitz
• Fokker D.XXI
• Folland Gnat Mk.1
• Fouga CM170 Magister
• Gourdou reading urre B.3
• Ilyushin Il-28R
• Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard
• Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6
• Mignet HM-14 Pou du Ciel Taivaankirppu
• MiG-15UTI (trainer)
• MiG-21F-13
• MiG-21U (trainer)
• Mil Wed-1
• Mil Wed-4
• Morane-Saulnier MS50C
• Saab 35FS Draken ( DK-223 )
• Saab 91D Safir
• SZD-22 Mucha Standard ( OH-258 )
• Thulin D (replica)
• Tiira I (self-made by Mr. Päätalo)
• Valmet Vihuri II
• VL Humu
• VL Pyorremyrsky
• VL Pyry

See also

• List of aviation museums

literature

• Heinonen, Timo and Kakko, Tapio: Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo, Tikkakoski , Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo, Tikkakoski, 1989, ISBN 952-90-0925-9

Web links

Commons : Central Finland Aviation Museum  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseon. Retrieved on February 5, 2015 (English, website of the museum): "The Aviation Museum of Central Finland shows Finnish aviation history from its beginning to the present days." 

Coordinates: 62 ° 23 ′ 54.2 "  N , 25 ° 39 ′ 59.6"  E