Aviation Museum of Central Finland

The Aviation Museum of Central Finland is an aviation museum located near Jyväskylä Airport in Tikkakoski, Jyväskylä, Finland. The museum exhibits the aviation history of Finland, from the early 1900s until today.

A Valmet Vihuri II on display

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 25,000 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
• Brewster Buffalo
• Bristol Blenheim
• 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

Media related to Aviation Museum of Central Finland at Wikimedia Commons

• The museum's homepage