Västerås Flygmuseum ("Västerås Aviation Museum") is a

museum A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...

dedicated to flight and aviation history. It is located in

Västerås Västerås () is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Mälaren, Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 158,653, over 100,000 mo ...

, in an old hangar at

Västerås Airport Västerås () is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 158,653, over 100,000 more than th ...

(IATA: VST, ICAO: ESOW) in Sweden, located 100 km west of the capital city, but inside Västerås city limits. It was created in the CVV Hangar at the former

Swedish Air Force The Swedish Air Force ( or just ) is the air force Military branch, branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. History The Swedish Air Force was created on 1 July 1926 when the aircraft units of the Army and Navy were merged. Because of the escalatin ...

base "F1-Hässlö" in 1997. The museum hosts a large number of airplanes, of which 40 are used for flight. The museum is open to the public at least every Sunday. and at other times after contact with the museum

Simulators

The museum also hosts a simple non aircraft specific

Link Trainer The term Link Trainer, also known as the "Blue box" and "Pilot Trainer" is commonly used to refer to a series of flight simulators produced between the early 1930s and early 1950s by Link Aviation Devices, founded and headed by Ed Link, based o ...

flight simulator and four advanced aircraft simulators which all have been used in pilot training. The following simulators are available: *

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, 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 *a three jet engine, 300 passenger

McDonnell Douglas DC-10 The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is an American trijet wide-body aircraft manufactured by McDonnell Douglas. The DC-10 was intended to succeed the Douglas DC-8, DC-8 for long-Range (aeronautics), range flights. It first flew on August 29, 1970; i ...

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, a modern fly by wire twin jet.Secondary source from a nearby hotel, confirms four simulators
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References

Buildings and structures in Västerås Culture in Västerås Museums in Västmanland County Aerospace museums in Sweden 1997 establishments in Sweden 20th-century establishments in Västmanland County {{Aerospace-museum-stub