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The first installment of this aviation museum opened its doors in [[1960]] on [[Schiphol]] airport under the name '''Aeroplanorama''' and had only seven [[aircraft]] on display. It closed it's doors in [[1967]] and a new museum called '''Aviodome''' was opened in [[1971]] on Schiphol. The main building was a large aluminium [[dome]], the largest in the world at the time, which housed most of the aircraft on display. Hence the 'dome' in the name Aviodome.
The first installment of this aviation museum opened its doors in [[1960]] on [[Schiphol]] airport under the name '''Aeroplanorama''' and had only seven [[aircraft]] on display. It closed it's doors in [[1967]] and a new museum called '''Aviodome''' was opened in [[1971]] on Schiphol. The main building was a large aluminium [[dome]], the largest in the world at the time, which housed most of the aircraft on display. Hence the 'dome' in the name Aviodome.


Over time, the location became too small for the growing aircraft collection and in [[2003]] the museum was moved to a new location on Lelystad Airport. The building at Schiphol was demolished and the name was changed to '''Aviodrome'''. On the current location, it has three buildings: the main building where most of the aircraft on display are located and where there's a restaurant and a cinema, a replica of the old Schiphol terminal building from [[1928]] and a hangar for aircraft storage with limited access for visitors. Added to the aviation theme were several artifacts from several Dutch space programs, such as the backup flight-article of ANS (Astronomical Netherlands Satellite), a mockup of [[IRAS]] and the high-speed windtunnel model of the Huygens probe. In doing so the aviation museum became an aerospace museum.
Over time, the location became too small for the growing aircraft collection and in [[2003]] the museum was moved to a new location on Lelystad Airport. The building at Schiphol was demolished and the name was changed to '''Aviodrome'''. On the current location, it has three buildings: the main building where most of the aircraft on display are located and where there's a restaurant and a cinema, a replica of the old Schiphol terminal building from [[1928]] and a hangar for aircraft storage with limited access for visitors. Added to the aviation theme were several artifacts from several Dutch space programs, such as the backup flight-article of ANS (Astronomical Netherlands Satellite), a mockup of [[IRAS]] and the high-speed windtunnel model of the [[Huygens probe]]. In doing so the aviation museum became an aerospace museum.


==Aircraft collection==
==Aircraft collection==
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* [[BAT Bantam|B.A.T. F.K.23 Bantam]]
* [[BAT Bantam|B.A.T. F.K.23 Bantam]]
* 4x balloon basket
* 4x balloon basket
[[Image:Catalina_Aviodrome.JPG|thumb|250px|The Catalina at the museum]]
[[Image:Catalina_Aviodrome.JPG|thumb|250px|The [[PBY Catalina|Catalina]] at the museum]]
* Ballooncapsule Dutch Viking
* Ballooncapsule Dutch Viking
* [[Beechcraft_Model_18|Beechcraft D-18]]
* [[Beechcraft_Model_18|Beechcraft D-18]]
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* [[Bölkow Bo 105]]
* [[Bölkow Bo 105]]
* [[Cierva C.30A Autogiro]]
* [[Cierva C.30A Autogiro]]
* [[Catalina|Consolidated PBY5A Catalina]]
* [[PBY Catalina|Consolidated PBY5A Catalina]]
* [[Cessna 172]] (still active for aerial photography)
* [[Cessna 172]] (still active for aerial photography)
* [[De Havilland Canada Beaver]] (cockpit only)
* [[De Havilland Canada Beaver]] (cockpit only)
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* Astronomical Netherlands Satellite (backup flight-article)
* Astronomical Netherlands Satellite (backup flight-article)
* [[IRAS|Infrared Astronomy Satellite - IRAS]] (mockup partially built from structural spares)
* [[IRAS|Infrared Astronomy Satellite - IRAS]] (mockup partially built from structural spares)
* [[Huygens probe]] (windtunnel model)


==Noteworthy projects==
==Noteworthy projects==

Revision as of 14:03, 13 February 2008

Entrance to the museum is flanked by the second prototype of the Fokker 50.

The Nationaal Luchtvaart-Themapark Aviodrome (short also Aviodrome) is a large aerospace museum in The Netherlands located on Lelystad Airport since 2003.

History

Replica of the old Schiphol terminal building from 1928.

In 1955 several organisations, such as the airline KLM and aircraft manufacturer Fokker, initiated a foundation called "Stichting voor het Nationaal Luchtvaartmuseum" with the single goal of creating a national aviation museum.

The first installment of this aviation museum opened its doors in 1960 on Schiphol airport under the name Aeroplanorama and had only seven aircraft on display. It closed it's doors in 1967 and a new museum called Aviodome was opened in 1971 on Schiphol. The main building was a large aluminium dome, the largest in the world at the time, which housed most of the aircraft on display. Hence the 'dome' in the name Aviodome.

Over time, the location became too small for the growing aircraft collection and in 2003 the museum was moved to a new location on Lelystad Airport. The building at Schiphol was demolished and the name was changed to Aviodrome. On the current location, it has three buildings: the main building where most of the aircraft on display are located and where there's a restaurant and a cinema, a replica of the old Schiphol terminal building from 1928 and a hangar for aircraft storage with limited access for visitors. Added to the aviation theme were several artifacts from several Dutch space programs, such as the backup flight-article of ANS (Astronomical Netherlands Satellite), a mockup of IRAS and the high-speed windtunnel model of the Huygens probe. In doing so the aviation museum became an aerospace museum.

Aircraft collection

Note that not all aircraft listed are currently on display or even present at the museum. The museum also frequently houses or is visited by aircraft that aren't owned by the museum.

The Catalina at the museum
The Lockheed Constellation at the museum

Space collection

Noteworthy projects

Jumbo's touchdown

The Louis Blériot being lifted from a barge

In 2004 the last of KLM's classic Boeing 747-200's named Louis Blériot was sold to the Aviodrome for the symbolic amount of 1 euro. Though the aircraft could still fly, Lelystad Airport was too small to handle such a large aircraft so the aircraft was partially disassembled and moved over water on a barge. After the journey over water that attracted a lot of attention the aircraft was lifted from the barge at Harderwijk and the last bit of the trip took place over land. At its final location the aircraft was re-assembled and opened to the public.

Connie's comeback

Perhaps one of the most spectacular pieces in the collection of the Aviodrome is the Lockheed L-749 Constellation, often just called Connie. After several years of restoration work it was flown over to the Netherlands in 2002 from the United States where it had been in storage. More work, including a new paintjob, was done to the aircraft in the Netherlands but sadly the aircraft suffered from engine problems in 2004 and hasn't flown since. Two replacement engines coming from the Korean Air museum have been fitted however and it is hoped that the aircraft will be airworthy again some time 2006.

De Uiver

DC-2 - De Uiver

De Uiver was the name of a Douglas DC-2 that placed second in the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race, only being beaten by a purpose built de Havilland DH.88 racer Grosvenor House. The real Uiver, which is an old Dutch word for Stork, no longer exists. The Aviodrome owns one of the last still airworthy DC-2s in the world. This DC-2 is a former US Navy aircraft painted in the Uiver's original KLM colors. After an unexpected gear collapse the aircraft suffered some minor damage, but after the needed funds were raised the aircraft was repaired.

Fokker Friendship

The Fokker F-27 Friendship was Fokker's best selling aircraft model of all time. Production of this first post-war Fokker airliner started in 1955 and many of them are still in service today. The Aviodrome purchased the oldest still flying series produced F-27 from its Australian owner in 2004 and painted it in the colors of the no longer existing Nederlandse Luchtvaart Maatschappij (NLM). Exactly fifty years after the first flight of the first F-27 on 24 November 1955 this aircraft made a memorial flight as a tribute to fifty years Fokker Friendship.

52°27′26″N 5°31′46″E / 52.45722°N 5.52944°E / 52.45722; 5.52944

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