Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola
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Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola (Sola Aviation Museum) is an aviation museum located in
Facilities
The museum is housed in an old aircraft hangar at the former seaplane base at
In the hangar, the museum houses the display, as well as a small café (with interior from a former bar for one of the fighter squadrons stationed at the airport), in addition to a workshop, where currently[when?] an Arado Ar 96, a Caproni Ca.310 bomber, a Heinkel He 115 armed seaplane are under restoration.
Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola is open between noon and 4:00 pm every Sunday from May through November, and daily except Monday in the school summer holiday.
Collection
The collection of the museum includes civilian, military and general aviation aircraft.
The museum has an extensive collection of German World War II aircraft including the latest rollout of a Messerschmitt Bf 109 in June 2020. In addition to what is probably the only remaining, or at least most complete Arado Ar 96, and the airframe of an Arado Ar 196 which was stationed on the German cruiser Blücher when she was sunk in the Oslofjord in April 1940.
The collection also contains an example of every post-war jet that has been with the Royal Norwegian Air Force including some trainers.
The museum houses examples of civilian aircraft, from floatplanes to radial engined airliners. A ex.
Aircraft on display
Civilian
- Braathens S.A.F.E. ex. N151 with Everts Air Cargo
- Braathens S.A.F.E and Busy Bee
- SASand Norfly
- RNoAF and Fjellfly!
- Braathens S.A.F.E. ex. Garuda Indonesia PH-GHB and BUIAG-AOXL
- Aero Grand Commander 680, formerly used by the Norwegian Environmental Protection Agency (Statens Forurensingstilsyn)
- Bell 47, in the colours of Helikopter Service
- Piper J-3 Cub 43-30382 / LN-NAU
- Aérospatiale SA 332 Super PumaLN-OMC in restoration
- Eon Baby Type 8 (glider) c/n 018 LN-GBI
- Scheibe Bergfalke (glider) c/n 202 LN-GBH
Royal Norwegian Air Force aircraft
- UH-1B61-0688
- CF-104 Starfighter
- Caproni Ca.310 c/n 361
- Consolidated PBY Catalina (ex. L-857 Royal Danish Air Force)
- de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth in restoration
- deHavilland DH115 Vampire T Mk.55 U-1217 (in Swiss colors)
- Fairchild PT-26 Cornellc/n T43-4646 L-DD/LN-BIO
- T-33A T-Bird (ex. DT571 Royal Danish Air Force) 51-6571
- F-86F Sabre53-1082
- F-86K54-1266
- Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter 66-9220
- F-84G Thunderjet51-10161 / MU-Z
- RF-84F Thunderflash51-17045 / T3-N
- Saab Safirc/n 91336
Luftwaffe
- Arado Ar 66 in restoration
- Arado Ar 96 werk. 4246 in restoration
- Arado Ar 196 original wreck from the German cruiser Blücher
- Fi 156 Storch (in World War II Luftwaffecolors)
- Heinkel He 115 in conservation
- Messerschmitt Bf 109
Engines
- Allison J35
- Argus As 10
- BMW 132
- de Havilland Goblin
- Orenda J79
- Pratt & Whitney JT8D
- Ranger L-440
- Rolls-Royce Merlin
- Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone
Stored aircraft
- Antonov An-2 registration LY-AEQ
- Auster T7 c/n B617 ex.G-ASCF / SE-ELO
- Cessna O-1 Bird Dog
- de Havilland Tiger Moth 151
- Dornier Do 28A-1 registration LN-LMZ
- Grumman G-44 Widgeon registration LN-HAL
- North American Harvard
- Piper PA-38 Tomahawk registration LN-BFO
- Saab RF-35 Draken AR-114
- Taylorcraft A c/n 416 registration LN-FAG
References
- ^ "Stranded musher, wings of gold, generous postal employee: News from around our 50 states". USA TODAY. Gannett Satellite Information Network. Retrieved 26 May 2020.