Located at Gardermoen, Norway, this museum is dedicated to preserving and showcasing the history of Norwegian military aviation. The collection includes a variety of historical aircraft, equipment, and artifacts that tell the story of the Norwegian Air Force and its role in the country’s defense. It’s a fascinating destination for aviation enthusiasts and those interested in military history.
Forsvarets Flysamling Gardermoen (Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection)
Museumsvegen 35
NO-2060 Gardermoen
+47 63 92 86 60
Saturday – Sunday 12:00 – 16:00 from April 29, 2017
Admission free
Gift shop
Cafe
Follow signs “Kulturpark” at E16, then later “Flysamling” into Museumsvegen.
Alternatively from Oslo Airport Gardermoen: Shuttle bus S33.
Aircraft collection
| c/n 2181
BE-D 966 4953 0125 P42408/B-AE 7062 LN-GBM 42-93797/BW-L 103 20 25 687 5J+CN 505 CA+JY 0880119/U4+TK 881033/4D+FH G-AGIH * 953 818 469 51-17546/DP-K – 2491/R-AV 52-5069/AH-D 54-1274/RI-T 208 387 594 907 105 20/U 53-4845/F-AI 51-11209/MU-5 51-17053/AZ-G 131/A1380 ’Start’/c/n 60 (1912) 57-329/329 56-4279/HA-B PL979/A-ZB MA755/FN-W 235 189 | Auster J/1 Autocrat
Bell 47 D-1 Bell UH-1B Iroquois Cessna O-1A Birddog Dassault Falcon 20C-5 de Havilland Vampire F.3 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter DFS SG.38 Douglas C-47A Dakota Fairchild Cornell M-62 Fairchild Cornell M-62 Farman F.46/80 R General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon Heinkel He 111 P-2 Interstate S.1A Cadet Junker Ju 52/3m-g4e Junker Ju 88A-1 (under restoration, not on public view) Junker Ju 88C-2 Lockheed C-60A Lodestar Lockheed C-130H Hercules Lockheed CF-104 Starfighter (cockpit) Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter Lockheed T-33A Kjeller PK X-1 (Experimental helicopter) Noorduyn Norseman Mk. IV North American F-86F Sabre North American F-86K Sabre Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter Northrop F-5B Freedom Fighter Northrop F-5B Freedom Fighter Northrop F-5B Freedom Fighter Northrop RF-5A Freedom Fighter Northrop N-3PB Piper L-18 Super Cub Republic F-84G Thunderjet Republic RF-84F Thunderflash Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.IIe Rumpler Taube Saab 91B-2 Safir Sikorsky H-19D-4 Chickasaw Supermarine Spitfire PR XI Supermarine Spitfire F.Vc (replica) Westland Lynx Mk.86 Westland Sea King Mk.43B |
* 42-55983 Lockheed C-60A Lodestar c/n 18-24444 (NB Registration to symbolize Norwegian aircraft on the wartime Stockholm Run. This particular airframe was never G-AGIH)
The founding of the Norwegian Aviation Historical Society in 1967, gave the first boost to the idea of preserving aircraft in Norway. The Collection’s Heinkel He 111 and Northrop N-3PB are among the aircraft traced, recovered and restored at the instigation of the NAHS. From the latter part of the 1970s onwards, a considerable number of historical aircraft were assembled in an old ex-Luftwaffe hangar at Gardermoen and from the mid-1980s the public were admitted to the hangar during summer. Most of the activities were – and still are – based on voluntary effort.
The Forsvarets Flysamling Gardermoen (Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection) consists of more than 30 historic aircraft, and give a unique insight into Norwegian military aviation, with several rare aircraft from World War II.
Fotos Ruud Boots