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October 20, 2023

The Nationaal Luchtvaart-Themapark Aviodrome (also known simply as Aviodrome) is a large aerospace museum in the Netherlands that has been located on Lelystad Airport since 2003.[1][2] Previously the museum was located at Schiphol Airport.[3]

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

History Edit

 
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 at Schiphol airport under the name Aeroplanorama and had only seven aircraft on display. It closed its doors in 1967 and a new museum called Aviodome was opened in 1971 at Schiphol.[3] The main building was a large aluminium geodesic dome designed by Buckminster Fuller, 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.

Due to bankruptcy, the museum closed on 25 December 2011, but it reopened on 28 April 2012 after a takeover by the Libéma Group.

Collection Edit

Aircraft collection Edit

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 are not owned by the museum.

 
The Catalina at the museum
 
The Lockheed Constellation at the museum
 
Backup flight-article of the ANS satellite

Space collection Edit

Noteworthy projects Edit

Jumbo's touchdown Edit

 
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[5] and moved over water on a barge with the wings, engines and empennage removed and stored alongside the fuselage so the aircraft could fit under bridges along the way.[6] After the journey over water that attracted a lot of attention[6] 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. The tail was fitted with a top beacon since, technically, the Boeing now is a building.

Connie's comeback Edit

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 paint job, was done to the aircraft in the Netherlands but the aircraft suffered from engine problems in 2004. To resolve this, two replacement engines coming from the Korean Air museum were fitted. However, it hasn't flown since 2004, performances by the aircraft being limited to engine runs only.

De Uiver Edit

 
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 Edit

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.

References Edit

  1. ^ "Contact." Nationaal Luchtvaart-Themapark Aviodrome. Retrieved on 26 December 2011. "Bezoekadres: Pelikaanweg 50, 8218 PG Luchthaven Lelystad"
  2. ^ . Avidrome. 13 June 2003. Retrieved on 26 December 2011. "Nationaal Luchtvaartthemapark Aviodrome Dakotaweg 11A, 8218 NT Luchthaven Lelystad"
  3. ^ a b "." National Aerospace Museum Aviodome-Schiphol. 6 August 2002. Retrieved on 26 December 2011. "Westelijke Randweg 201, 1118 CT Luchthaven Schiphol"
  4. ^ "Stichting Fokker Four". Stichting Fokker Four (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  5. ^ "747-200 Wing Removal". YouTube. June 23, 2006. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved July 28, 2009.
  6. ^ a b Dijs, Fred (2004-12-16). "Nightly transport of an old Boeing 747 through an Amsterdam canal". Singelgracht bridge, Haarlemmerpoort at Haarlemmerhout, Amsterdam, Netherlands: Google Video. Retrieved 2006-03-13.

External links Edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aviodrome Lelystad.
  • Aviodrome, official website (in Dutch)

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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 at Schiphol airport under the name Aeroplanorama and had only seven aircraft on display It closed its doors in 1967 and a new museum called Aviodome was opened in 1971 at Schiphol 3 The main building was a large aluminium geodesic dome designed by Buckminster Fuller 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 Due to bankruptcy the museum closed on 25 December 2011 but it reopened on 28 April 2012 after a takeover by the Libema Group Collection EditAircraft collection Edit 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 are not owned by the museum Aerospatiale Dauphin 2 Agusta Bell 204B UH 1 Alsema Sagitta ANR 1 airship gondola Antonov An 2 Auster J 1 Autocrat BAC Jet Provost cockpit only B A T F K 23 Bantam 4x balloon basket nbsp The Catalina at the museumBallooncapsule Dutch Viking Beechcraft D 18 used in the James Bond movie Octopussy Birdman Cherokee Blackburn Buccaneer cockpit only Bleriot XI Boeing 747 200 Louis Bleriot Bolkow Bo 105 Cierva C 30A Autogiro Consolidated PBY5A Catalina Cessna 172 still active for aerial photography De Havilland Canada Beaver cockpit only De Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth 2x De Havilland DH 104 Dove one complete and one cockpit DFS Olympia 2x Douglas C 47 Skytrain 2x Douglas DC 2 one flying the other in bad state and incomplete Douglas DC 3 Douglas DC 4 Skymaster Evans VP 1 Volksplane V 1 Flying bomb model Firebird ultralight 2x Fokker Spin Fokker Dr I Fokker F 2 Fokker B 4A incomplete Fokker C 5D Fokker F 7a Fokker F 8 Duif Fokker S 4 incomplete 4 x Fokker S 11 instructors used in airshows 4 Fokker S 12 Fokker S 13 tailpiece only Fokker S 14 machtrainer 2x Fokker F 27 Friendship one still airworthy Fokker F 27 050 F 50 prototype based on F 27 Fokker 100 Mock up cockpit Fokker 100 Fouga Magister flying 2x Grumman S2N Tracker Grunau Baby nbsp The Lockheed Constellation at the museumHawker Sea Fury Hawker Hunter Mk 4 Hawker Sea Hawk Junkers Ju 52 license built by CASA Lilienthal Gleitflugzeug German for glider replica Lockheed L 749 Constellation 2x Lockheed F 104 Starfighter Lockheed SP2H Neptune MiG 21 PFM Fishbed F 2x Mignet HM 14 Pou du Ciel N H I H 2 Kolibri N H I H 3 Kolibri Noorduyn C 64 Norseman in restoration Noorduyn Harvard North American B 25 Mitchell incomplete Pander Zogling Piper J 3 Cub Raytheon Hawk missile Rienks R 1B giroglider Rogallo sailplane Engel prototype Rogallo sailplane Penguin Rogallo sailplane La Mouette Cobra Saab 91D Safir Saab Viggen nbsp Backup flight article of the ANS satellite3x Schleicher Ka 4 Rhonlerche only one in good condition Schleicher Ka 8B Sikorski S 55 3x Stearman Hammond Y 1S Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle cockpit only Supermarine Spitfire replica Van Ommeren VO 3 Westland WS 51 Dragonfly Wright Flyer replicaSpace collection Edit Astronomical Netherlands Satellite backup flight article Infrared Astronomy Satellite IRAS mockup partially built from structural spares Huygens probe windtunnel model Noteworthy projects EditJumbo s touchdown Edit nbsp The Louis Bleriot being lifted from a bargeIn 2004 the last of KLM s classic Boeing 747 200 s named Louis Bleriot 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 5 and moved over water on a barge with the wings engines and empennage removed and stored alongside the fuselage so the aircraft could fit under bridges along the way 6 After the journey over water that attracted a lot of attention 6 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 The tail was fitted with a top beacon since technically the Boeing now is a building Connie s comeback Edit 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 paint job was done to the aircraft in the Netherlands but the aircraft suffered from engine problems in 2004 To resolve this two replacement engines coming from the Korean Air museum were fitted However it hasn t flown since 2004 performances by the aircraft being limited to engine runs only De Uiver Edit nbsp DC 2 De UiverDe 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 Edit 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 nbsp Netherlands portal nbsp Aviation portalReferences Edit Contact Nationaal Luchtvaart Themapark Aviodrome Retrieved on 26 December 2011 Bezoekadres Pelikaanweg 50 8218 PG Luchthaven Lelystad Home page Avidrome 13 June 2003 Retrieved on 26 December 2011 Nationaal Luchtvaartthemapark Aviodrome Dakotaweg 11A 8218 NT Luchthaven Lelystad a b Engels National Aerospace Museum Aviodome Schiphol 6 August 2002 Retrieved on 26 December 2011 Westelijke Randweg 201 1118 CT Luchthaven Schiphol Stichting Fokker Four Stichting Fokker Four in Dutch Retrieved 17 June 2022 747 200 Wing Removal YouTube June 23 2006 Archived from the original on 2021 12 21 Retrieved July 28 2009 a b Dijs Fred 2004 12 16 Nightly transport of an old Boeing 747 through an Amsterdam canal Singelgracht bridge Haarlemmerpoort at Haarlemmerhout Amsterdam Netherlands Google Video Retrieved 2006 03 13 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aviodrome Lelystad Aviodrome official website in Dutch 52 27 26 N 5 31 46 E 52 45722 N 5 52944 E 52 45722 5 52944 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aviodrome amp oldid 1093509051, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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