The Aviation Museum of Central Finland is an aviation museum in Tikkakoski, Finland. The museum exhibits the aviation history of Finland, from the early 1900s until today. Tikkakoski is a rural municipality in the Jyväskylän maalaiskunta, 20 km north of Jyväskylä in Finland. ...

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 20,000 persons.

Aircraft

The following aircraft are a selection of the collection. More aircraft are being stored elsewehere, waiting for restauration.

• Avro 504K
• Bell P-39 Airacobra
• Bristol Blenheim (not in public exhibition)
• 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
• Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6/Y
• 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

The Avro 504 was a World War I biplane aircraft made by the Avro aircraft company. ... The Bell P-39 Airacobra was one of the principal fighter aircraft in service with American forces at the start of World War II. At first for a short time designated XP_45, it had just a single_speed, single_stage supercharger for its engine, instead of an exhaust_driven turbo_supercharger as initially fitted... The Bristol Type 142M Blenheim was a high-speed light bomber used extensively in the early days of World War II, built by Bristol Aeroplane Company. ... The Douglas DC-3 is a fixed-wing, propeller-driven aircraft, which revolutionized air transport in the 1930s and 1940s and is generally regarded as one of the most significant transport aircraft ever made (also see Boeing 707 and Boeing 747). ... Fokker D.XXI Fokker D XXI planes in the Finnish air force during WWII. The Fokker D.XXI fighter was designed in 1935 for use by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) air service. ... A two seat turbojet powered trainer aircraft, the first Magister prototype flew on 23 July 1952. ... The Ilyushin Il-28 is a jet bomber aircraft that was originally manufactured for the Soviet Air Force and was the USSRs first such aircraft to enter large-scale production. ... The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt in the early 1930s. ... The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (NATO reporting name Fagot) was a jet fighter developed for the USSR. History Design began under the bureau designation I-310, which first flew in 1947. ... Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (NATO reporting name Fishbed) is a fighter aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. ... Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (NATO reporting name Fishbed) is a fighter aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. ... The Mil Mi-1 (originally known to US intelligence as the Type-32 and later by the NATO reporting name Hare) was a Soviet three-seat light utility helicopter. ... Mil Mi-4 The Mil Mi-4 (originally known to US intelligence as the Type-36 and later by the NATO reporting name Hound) was a Soviet transport helicopter that served in both military and civilian roles. ...

Sources

• Heinonen, Timo and Kakko, Tapio: Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo, Tikkakoski, Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo, Tikkakoski, 1989, ISBN 952-90-092-5-9

External links

• The museum's homepage
• Photographs from the museum