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]

Aircraft parked in the hangar of Västerås Flygmuseum

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:

References
  1. "Museer och konst". www.vasteras.se.
  2. "Västerås Flygmuseum". tripadvisor.se.
  3. "..::KSAK::." ksak.se.
  4. "FLYGMODELLER - Västerås Flygmuseum". flygmuseum.com.
  5. "Västerås Flygmuseum". flygmuseum.com.
  6. 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."
  7. "Link-Trainer - Västerås Flygmuseum". flygmuseum.com.
  8. "J 35 Draken - Västerås Flygmuseum". flygmuseum.com.
  9. "Metropolitan - Västerås Flygmuseum". flygmuseum.com.
  10. "DC-10 - Västerås Flygmuseum". flygmuseum.com.
  11. "Simulator-NYTT - Västerås Flygmuseum". flygmuseum.com.
  12. Reviews from visitors
  13. Visit Västerås (secondary source)
  14. Secondary source from a nearby hotel, confirms four simulators


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