Aviation Museum of Iceland

The Aviation Museum of Iceland (Icelandic: Flugsafn Íslands [ˈflʏɣˌsapn ˈistlan(t)s]) covers the history of aviation in Iceland. It is housed at Akureyri Airport and was formally opened on 24 June 2000.

Aviation Museum of Iceland
Douglas DC-6 nose section on display at Aviation Museum of Iceland, 2007
Aviation Museum of Iceland is located in Iceland
Aviation Museum of Iceland
Location within Iceland
Established1999
LocationAkureyri Airport, Akureyri
TypeAviation museum
Founder
Websiteflugsafn.is

History

The museum was founded on 1 May 1999 and formally opened on 24 June 2000[1] by Halldór Blöndal, the Speaker of the Althing.[2] It was initially known as the Aviation Museum at Akureyri;[3] another aviation collection existed at Hnjótur in Örlygshöfn.[2] It was renamed in 2005 to reflect its national role.[4][5] Svanbjörn Sigurðsson, a principal figure in the foundation of the museum, was its first director.[3][6][7][8]

Initially in temporary quarters in a hangar rented by Íslandsbanki, the museum moved in 2007 to a purpose-built building with 2,200 square metres (24,000 sq ft) of space, approximately five times what it previously had;[7][9] the building was officially opened by Sigrún Björk Jakobsdóttir, the mayor of Akureyri.[10][11] It celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2009.[3]

The aircraft collection has been used for training by the Icelandic Technical School.[12]

Collection

Cockpit of Boeing 727 Gullfaxi

The museum has many photographs of Icelandic aviation through the years and also a number of historic aircraft,[13] many of which it maintains in airworthy condition[14] and flies at least once a year on an annual fly day.[3][15] These include:

See also

References

  1. "The Aviation Museum". Visit Akureyri. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  2. "Flugsafnið á Akureyri opnað um síðastliðna helgi". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 June 2000.
  3. "Flugsafn Íslands: Fagnar Tíu Ára Afmæli Með Opnu Húsi Og Kökuboði: Hefja sig til flugs einu sinni á ári". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 1 May 2009.
  4. "Safnið fái viðurkenningu sem Flugsafn Íslands". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 January 2005. p. 23.
  5. "Flugsafn Íslands: Á aðalfundi Flugsafnsins á Akureyri í síðasta mánuði var samþykkt að breyta nafni safnsins í Flugsafn Íslands". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 16 March 2005.
  6. Malín Brand (22 November 2014). "Flugsagan kristallast á Akureyri". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic).
  7. HS (15 November 2006). "Nýtt flugsafn kostar 150 milljónir". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). p. 10.
  8. "Svanbjörn Sigurðsson". Morgunblaðið (memorials) (in Icelandic). 29 August 2013. p. 36.
  9. JÓA (25 September 2006). "Flugsafn Íslands fær nýtt hús". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). p. 40.
  10. "Flugsafnið á Akureyri opnað" (in Icelandic). Cabinet of Iceland. 4 November 2007.
  11. "Flugsafn Akureyrar opnað í 2.200 m2 húsnæði við Akureyrarflugvöll". Bændablaðið (in Icelandic). 20 November 2007. p. 27.
  12. Skapti Hallgrímsson (21 February 2013). "Flugvirkjar læra loks á heimavelli". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic).
  13. "Flugvélar til sýnis í Safninu" [Aircraft on view at the museum] (in Icelandic). Flugsafn Íslands. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  14. "TF-SIF fer á Flugsafnið". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 4 June 2008. p. 32.
  15. Hannah Hethmon (10 March 2018). "Museums in Strange Places Podcast #12: The Icelandic Aviation Museum". The Reykjavík Grapevine (with link to podcast).
  16. "Samskonar vél og TF-ÖRN í Flugsafnið". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 30 April 2010.
  17. Viðar Guðjónsson (17 January 2014). "Sögufræg flugvél á Flugsafn Íslands". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic).
  18. Skapti Hallgrímsson (16 September 2008). "Stjórnklefi CL-44 líklega á Flugsafnið". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 6.
  19. Malín Brand (3 July 2014). "Tveir leikarar á Flugsafni Íslands" (in Icelandic).

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