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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]

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:

• Saab 35 Draken,[8] a retired military fighter used by the Swedish Air Force from the late 1950s until the mid-1990s (manufactured 1955–74)
• a twin-piston-engine Convair 440 Metropolitan[9]
• a three jet engine, 300 passenger McDonnell Douglas DC-10[10]
• Airbus A320, a modern fly by wire twin jet.[11][12][13][14]

References

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