The museum
At Stavanger Airport, the aircraft halls at Sola trace Norwegian civilian and military flying with surviving wartime aircraft, Cold War combat jets, and civilian transport and gliding exhibits. The airport location also connects visitors to the broader history of coastal aviation.
At Stavanger Airport, the aircraft halls at Sola trace Norwegian civilian and military flying with surviving wartime aircraft, Cold War combat jets, and civilian transport and gliding exhibits. The airport location also connects visitors to the broader history of coastal aviation.
Aircraft and collections: Norwegian wartime aviation, Cold War fighters, flying boats, civil and military helicopters. The institution’s exhibit catalog lists indoor and outdoor airframes, including long-term restorations. Opening dates are seasonal and aircraft grouped below are a selected documented inventory, not a claim that every airframe is accessible simultaneously.
Listed aircraft are selected source-attributed records, not a promise that every item is accessible on the date of a visit. Museum ownership, active flying, restoration, replicas, and partial airframes are distinguished where evidence permits. Confirm visitor arrangements directly with the institution.
What defines the collection
Norwegian wartime aviation, Cold War fighters, flying boats, civil and military helicopters
What to expect
The institution’s exhibit catalog lists indoor and outdoor airframes, including long-term restorations. Opening dates are seasonal and aircraft grouped below are a selected documented inventory, not a claim that every airframe is accessible simultaneously.
What the museum holds
38 documented aircraft and exhibit records
The inventory below separates what the museum or its sources say the institution holds from the smaller set of aircraft histories already connected to the Air Archive.
- de Havilland VampireOn Display
- Messerschmitt Bf 109On Display
- North American F-86 SabreOn Display
- North American F-86 SabreOn Display
- Republic F-84 Thunderjet / Thunderstreak familyOn Display
- Saab 35 DrakenOn Display
- Aero Commander 680FLOn Display
- Aerodyne Vector 610On Display
- Arado Ar 196A-2On Display
- Arado Ar 96B-1On Display
- Aérospatiale AS332L Super PumaOn Display
- Bell 47GOn Display
- Bell UH-1B IroquoisOn Display
- Caproni Ca.310 LibeccioOn Display
Open full museum-listed inventory (38 entries)
| Aircraft | Status | Identity |
|---|---|---|
| Aero Commander 680FL | On Display | — |
| Aerodyne Vector 610 | On Display | — |
| Arado Ar 196A-2 | On Display | — |
| Arado Ar 96B-1 | On Display | — |
| Aérospatiale AS332L Super Puma | On Display | — |
| Bell 47G | On Display | — |
| Bell UH-1B Iroquois | On Display | — |
| Caproni Ca.310 Libeccio | On Display | — |
| Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina | On Display | — |
| Convair CV-440 Metropolitan | On Display | — |
| de Havilland DH.114 Heron | On Display | — |
| de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth | On Display | — |
| de Havilland Vampire de Havilland Vampire | On Display | — |
| DFS Olympia Meise | On Display | — |
| DFS SG 38 Schulgleiter | On Display | — |
| Douglas DC-6B | On Display | — |
| EoN Baby Type 8 | On Display | — |
| Fairchild PT-26 Cornell | On Display | — |
| Fieseler Fi 156C-2 Storch | On Display | — |
| Fokker F27 Friendship | On Display | — |
| Grumman G-44 Widgeon | On Display | — |
| Hol’s der Teufel glider | On Display | — |
| Lockheed CF-104 Starfighter | On Display | — |
| Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star | On Display | — |
| Messerschmitt Bf 109 Messerschmitt Bf 109G-1 | On Display | — |
| Noorduyn Norseman | On Display | — |
| North American F-86 Sabre North American F-86F Sabre | On Display | — |
| North American F-86 Sabre North American F-86K Sabre | On Display | — |
| Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter | On Display | — |
| Piel CP301 Emeraude | On Display | — |
| Piper PA-38 Tomahawk | On Display | — |
| Republic F-84G Thunderjet | On Display | — |
| Republic F-84 Thunderjet / Thunderstreak family Republic RF-84F Thunderflash | On Display | — |
| Saab 35 Draken Saab 35 Draken | On Display | — |
| Saab 91B Safir | On Display | — |
| Scheibe Bergfalke | On Display | — |
| Westland Sea King Mk 43B | On Display | — |
| Heinkel He 115B flying boat restoration | Restoration | — |
Aircraft histories connected to this museum
These links connect museum holdings to aircraft histories already in the Trackpads Air Archive. They are not intended to imply that every museum aircraft has a dedicated archive profile yet.
