Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola

The museum is housed in an old aircraft hangar at the former seaplane base at Stavanger Airport, built by German labour during the German occupation of Norway in World War II. In the hangar, the museum houses the display, as well as a small café (with interior from a former bar for one of the fighter squadrons stationed at the airport), in addition to a workshop, where currently an Arado Ar 96, a Caproni Ca.310 bomber, a Heinkel He 115 armed seaplane are under restoration. Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola is open between noon and 4:00 pm every Sunday from May through November, and daily except Monday in the school summer holiday. == Collection ==

The collection of the museum includes civilian, military and general aviation aircraft. Stavanger Lufthavn, Sola was the maintenance hub for Braathens S.A.F.E and Helikopter Service. The airport was also an active airforce base for Luftwaffe during World War II and for Royal Norwegian Air Force during the cold war. The museum has primarily concentrated its exhibition around its local history. The museum has an extensive collection of German World War II aircraft including the latest rollout of a Messerschmitt Bf 109 in June 2020. In addition to what is probably the only remaining, or at least most complete Arado Ar 96, and the airframe of an Arado Ar 196 which was stationed on the German cruiser Blücher when she was sunk in the Oslofjord in April 1940. The collection also contains an example of every post-war jet that has been with the Royal Norwegian Air Force including some trainers, but not the F-16, though. The museum houses examples of civilian aircraft, from floatplanes to radial engined airliners. A ex. Braathens S.A.F.E Douglas DC-6 has arrived the airport and will join the collection in August 2020. == Aircraft on display ==

Civilian • Douglas DC-6, LN-SUB, used by Braathens S.A.F.E. ex. N151 with Everts Air Cargo • Fokker F.27 Friendship 100, LN-SUF, used by Braathens S.A.F.E and Busy Bee • Convair CV-440 Metropolitan, LN-KLK in the colors of Norsk Metropolitan Klubb. Used by SAS and Norfly • Grumman G-44 Widgeon registration LN-HAL • Noorduyn Norseman, c/n 92 LN-BDR used by RNoAF and Fjellfly! • De Havilland DH-114 Heron 1B, in the colors of Braathens S.A.F.E. ex. Garuda Indonesia PH-GHB and BUIA G-AOXL • Aero Grand Commander 680, formerly used by the Norwegian Environmental Protection Agency (Statens Forurensingstilsyn) • Bell 47, in the colours of Helikopter Service • Piper J-3 Cub 43-30382 / LN-NAU • Aérospatiale SA 332 Super Puma LN-OMC • Eon Baby Type 8 (glider) c/n 018 LN-GBI • Scheibe Bergfalke (glider) c/n 202 LN-GBH Royal Norwegian Air Force aircraft • Bell UH-1B 61-0688 • Canadair CF-104 Starfighter • Caproni Ca.310 c/n 361 • Consolidated PBY Catalina (ex. L-857 Royal Danish Air Force) • de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth 151 • deHavilland DH115 Vampire T Mk.55 U-1217 (in Swiss colors) • Fairchild PT-26 Cornell c/n T43-4646 L-DD/LN-BIO • Lockheed T-33A T-Bird (ex. DT571 Royal Danish Air Force) 51-6571 • North American F-86F Sabre 53-1082 • North American F-86K 54-1266 • Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter 66-9220 • Republic F-84G Thunderjet 51-10161 / MU-Z • Republic RF-84F Thunderflash 51-17045 / T3-N • Saab Safirc/n 91336 • Westland Sea King WA746, 060 Luftwaffe • Arado Ar 66 in restoration • Arado Ar 96 werk. 4246 in restoration • Arado Ar 196 original wreck from the German cruiser Blücher • Fieseler Fi 156 Storch (in World War II Luftwaffe colors) • Heinkel He 115 in restoration • Junkers Ju 52 WNr. 6791 CO+EI in storage awaiting restoration • Messerschmitt Bf 109 Engines • Allison J35 • Argus As 10 • BMW 132 • de Havilland Goblin • Orenda J79 • Pratt & Whitney JT8D • Ranger L-440 • Rolls-Royce Merlin • Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone ==Stored aircraft==

• Antonov An-2 registration LY-AEQ • Auster T7 c/n B617 ex.WE-548 / G-ASCF / SE-ELO • Cessna O-1 Bird Dog • Dornier Do 28A-1 registration LN-LMZ • North American Harvard IIB, ex. RCAF 2605 • Piper PA-38 Tomahawk registration LN-BFO • Saab RF-35 Draken AR-114 • Taylorcraft A c/n 416 registration LN-FAG == References ==