Finnish aviation museums

[obdl3945]

Hi...

Would any of our Finnish friends, or others, be able to supply me with details of aviation museums around the Helsinki area, please?

I know there's one not too far from the airport, but I think someone posted details of another outwith the Helsinki area on this forum recently. If memory serves me, it's north of Helsinki and at some point, the road heading west towards Turku is taken. Unfortunately I can't remember who posted the information, so I can't easily track the thread... sorry...

Any information would be very much appreciated, especially opening dates and times... thank you...

Regards...

[Martti Kujansuu]

Originally Posted by obdl3945

Would any of our Finnish friends, or others, be able to supply me with details of aviation museums around the Helsinki area, please?

Hello!

The only museum at the metropolitan area is the Finnish Aviation Museum at Vantaa near the Helsinki-Vantaa airport.

Tietotie 3, Vantaa
Open daily from 11 am to 6 pm

http://www.suomenilmailumuseo.fi/en/index.html

Originally Posted by obdl3945

I know there's one not too far from the airport, but I think someone posted details of another outwith the Helsinki area on this forum recently.

Other aviation museums can be found from Halli, Kotka, Vesivehmaa, Lappeenranta and Jyväskylä / Tikkakoski.

The Hallinportti Aviation Museum is located north of Helsinki near the city of Tampere, c. 250 km from Helsinki. The museum is open daily at Summer from 1 pm to 5 pm on Monday to Friday and from 12 am to 6 pm on weekends.

http://www.museo24.fi/?action=56(2065) (in Finnish).

The museum at Kotka is open from 10 am to 6 pm. It's situated at the Kymi airfield about 150 km from Helsinki.

http://users.kymp.net/mode0449/etumus.htm (in Finnish)

Another aviation museum near the city of Helsinki is at Vesivehmaa, near the city of Lahti, c. 130 km from Helsinki. From 12 am to 6 pm, "open almost every evening during June / July".

http://www.lahdenilmasilta.fi/museo.html (in Finnish)

The museum at Lappeenranta is open from 2th June to 15th September between 10 am to 6 pm from Monday to Friday. About 250 km from Helsinki.

http://yhdistykset.etela-karjala.fi/imuseo/ (in Finnish)

The largest and the best aviation musem in Finland is near the city of Jyväskylä at Tikkakoski. Circa 300 km from Helsinki.

Museum open every day incl. week-ends (except Christmas week, 31.12, 1.1. and 22.-23.6.):
Between June 1st and August 15th:
10.00 am - 8.00 pm (10.00 - 20.00)

Between August 16th and May 31st:
11.00 am - 5.00 pm (11.00-17.00).

http://www.k-silmailumuseo.fi/?action=etusivu

PS. If you need help with visiting the museums during June or early July feel free to contact me.

[obdl3945]

Martti...

Many thanks indeed for your detailed reply...

I will shortly send you a PM.

Regards...

[Mikael Olrog]

Isn't there an aircraft on the island outside Helsinki in some sort of military museum there, one of the of the Finnish designs? It's a 15 min boat trip from helsiniki and there are pleanty of boats going. May be martti can add something to it.

The museums in Finland are really, really great!

[Martti Kujansuu]

Originally Posted by Mikael Olrog

Isn't there an aircraft on the island outside Helsinki in some sort of military museum there, one of the of the Finnish designs? It's a 15 min boat trip from helsiniki and there are pleanty of boats going. May be Martti can add something to it.

The I.V.L. C.25 should be at the Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseo right now but for a long time it was at the Suomenlinna in a Military Museum ("Maneesi").

[Adam]

it is slightly off topic, but on the island fort (Suomenlinna, I think its called from memory), there is a small sub that is sitting on the beach - or at least there was when I was there three-odd years ago. You can't get into it, but you can get up close and personal with it...

[richardb]

BTW ,who could ID this sailplane shown in a museum in Finland ?
Thanks
Richard

[Martti Kujansuu]

Originally Posted by Adam

There is a small sub that is sitting on the beach - or at least there was when I was there three-odd years ago. You can't get into it, but you can get up close and personal with it...

The sub is Vesikko and you can get into it from 12th May to 31st August. Open daily at the dates from 11 am to 6 pm.

[richardb]

Please, who could ID this sailplane shown in a museum in Finland ?

[Raimo Malkamäki]

Hi,

the list of the planes in the museum is here: http://www.suomenilmailumuseo.fi/fi/info/koneet.html

You could send an e-mail to the museum and ask:
info@suomenilmailumuseo.fi


Best regards,

Raimo Malkamäki
Helsinki