Aircraft Museums

Aviodrome Museum, Lelystad AP (NL)

The National Aviation Museum was established in 1960 as the Aeroplanorama at the old Schiphol/Amsterdam AP. After having been…

F-100D Super Sabre 54-2145 in Thunderbirds markings (FK)

Hampton Air Power Park (U.S.A.), May, 2012

The Hampton Air Power Park is an outdoor museum located in the city of Hampton which is near Langley…

USS Yorktown, Charleston harbour, South Carolina (U.S.A.), May, 2012

The carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) was in service with the US Navy till 1970; since 1975 it is in…

Hickory Aviation Museum, North Carolina (U.S.A.), April, 2012

The Hickory Aviation Museum has s a (nicely restored) collection of cold war fighter planes, brought together by a…

Spanish Air Force Museum, Madrid, November 2011

Spanish Air Force Museum Madrid, Spain, November 2011 The Museo del Aire -the museum of the Spanish Air Force-…

Fliegermuseum Altenrhein (Switzerland ), May, 2011

This museum (situated in the north-eastern corner of Switzerland on the civil airport of Altenrhein) is a private enterprise…

Technik Museum Speyer (Germany), May, 2011

In May Frank visited the Technik Museum in the German city of Speyer (near Frankfurt). Next to other technical…

PS Aero, Baarlo (NL), May, 2011

This is not really a museum, more a storage depot: Piet Smedts (the PS from the museum title) buys…

Israel Air Force Museum, November, 2010

Israel has a very interesting aircraft museum, located in a corner of Hatserim Air Base. Hatserim is in the…

Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York (U.S.A.), September, 2010

The USS Intrepid has a weight of over 40.000 tons, is over 300 metres long and served as an…