Västerås Flygmuseum

Aircraft parked in the hangar of 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

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

Coordinates: 59°35′39″N 16°37′34″E / 59.5942°N 16.6261°E / 59.5942; 16.6261