Västerås Flygmuseum
Västerås Flygmuseum ("Västerås Aviation Museum") is a museum dedicated to flight and aviation history. It is located in Västerås, in an old hangar at Västerås Airport (IATA: VST, ICAO: ESOW) in Sweden, located 100 km west of the capital city, but inside Västerås city limits.[1][2] It was created in the CVV Hangar at the former Swedish Air Force base "F1-Hässlö" in 1997.[3]
The museum hosts a large number of airplanes, of which 40 are used for flight.[4] The museum is open to the public at least every Sunday.[5] and at other times after contact with the museum [6]
Simulators
[edit]The museum also hosts a simple non aircraft specific Link Trainer flight simulator[7] and four advanced aircraft simulators which all have been used in pilot training. The following simulators are available:
- Saab 35 Draken,[8] a retired military fighter used by the Swedish Air Force from the late 1950s until the mid-1990s (manufactured 1955–74)
- a twin-piston-engine Convair 440 Metropolitan[9]
- a three jet engine, 300 passenger McDonnell Douglas DC-10[10]
- Airbus A320, a modern fly by wire twin jet.[11][12][13][14]
References
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- ^ "Museer och konst". www.vasteras.se.
- ^ "Västerås Flygmuseum". tripadvisor.se.
- ^ "..::KSAK::." ksak.se.
- ^ "FLYGMODELLER - Västerås Flygmuseum". flygmuseum.com.
- ^ "Västerås Flygmuseum". flygmuseum.com.
- ^ http://www.flygmuseum.com/simulatorer - a bit down - "Specialbokningar under andra dagar än Söndagar, Vi kan även ta emot specialbokningar under vardagar eller lördagar ( t.ex. företagsbesök och andra grupper) men då tillkommer extra kostnader för öppning av museet och guider/simulatorinstruktörer. Vi lämnar gärna offert på sådana bokningar som kan faktureras om man så vill."
- ^ "Link-Trainer - Västerås Flygmuseum". flygmuseum.com.
- ^ "J 35 Draken - Västerås Flygmuseum". flygmuseum.com.
- ^ "Metropolitan - Västerås Flygmuseum". flygmuseum.com.
- ^ "DC-10 - Västerås Flygmuseum". flygmuseum.com.
- ^ "Simulator-NYTT - Västerås Flygmuseum". flygmuseum.com.
- ^ Reviews from visitors
- ^ Visit Västerås (secondary source)
- ^ Secondary source from a nearby hotel, confirms four simulators
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