The Bodø Aviation Museum 25 January 2015

I nearly choked on my muesli this morning when this image of Spitfire MH350 taken at Bodø airport in 2012 turned up. The correct and former codes..how could we have missed this for the Vol.I Spitfire Survivors ‘boo’?

Then thankfully I saw the gauge of the suspension wires…it was a replica and a damn good one too. All the tricky bits, the prop, spinner, the tail wheel, the trims tabs all done very very well. 🙂

Mark

I think the replica was exchanged with the Oslo Spitfire

Yes granted, but I recall Terry A, (who used to manufacture them) saying they were heavier, and the heaviest by far were those made by Feggins Brown for PoC.

Well for a start I think you be sure there is no engine in the replica, nor u/c legs capable of supporting the structure.

Mark

It was always my understanding that the replicas were heavier than the originals?

I nearly choked on my muesli this morning when this image of Spitfire MH350 taken at Bodø airport in 2012 turned up. The correct and former codes..how could we have missed this for the Vol.I Spitfire Survivors ‘boo’?

Then thankfully I saw the gauge of the suspension wires…it was a replica and a damn good one too. All the tricky bits, the prop, spinner, the tail wheel, the trims tabs all done very very well. 🙂

Mark

Image by Pip Marriage

Did you happen to get any shots of the Canberra T.17

Not on display inside and not visible outside although there was a fair bit of snow.

It was a whistle stop visit and excruciatingly expensive if you missed the ship sailing.

Mark

Did you happen to get any shots of the Canberra T.17 I seem to recall they have at Bodo?

Great shots Mk.12, thanks for posting! Now, does anybody have any of the Gladiator before its restoration (or even an interior shot?) I’ve often wondered how complete they managed to get it internally.

Great pics: thanks for sharing.
I saw some of those airframes when they were in Guardamoen before the collection was split up with some going north to Bodo and the remainder staying south moving into a new purpose built building on the opposite side of the airfield.
Roger

Great shots, both of the aircraft and the Northern Lights. At the risk of thread drift, I was lucky enough to see them on the way home from London one evening. I thought at first Biggleswade was on fire (good thing/bad thing?) but it proved to be the Lights. The final flourish looked like a celestial Japanese flag. Amazing sight.

The light bathing the Ju88 diorama I am assuming is to represent the ‘Northern Lights’ out on the tundra.

The lights had been our prime reason for undertaking this trip and there was no guarantee that we would see them.

We were very fortunate to view them on a number of occasions but each time from a moving ship which was quite a photographic challenge with 6-10 seconds exposure times.

Just magnificent.

Mark

Seeing that JU88 got me looking for more info;

Blog on the restoration here: http://blhf.org/wips/1996884025/

Quality stuff!

What is the significance of the log cabin, is it as it looks a nordic control tower?

So it is a re-build from lake-bed recovered airframe(s); impressive stuff. Thanks!

Isn’t it the one that was recovered virtually complete (within weeks or months of its dunking near the edge of the lake) by a local pastor and then stored in a shed well into the early 1980’s before being restored

Mark, thanks for the images! These photos, from such a wide spectrum of aviation pursuits, really are a visual delight. Without knowing the history of each airframe I can still admire the beauty in color and form. And texture — like the Pierced Steel Planking. I may like the Fw190 the best at the moment — it reminds me of Popeye, with the landing gear reminiscent of muscular forearms.

…the Gladiator (from the museums website): http://luftfartsmuseum.no/fly/gloster-gladiator-ii-2/

So it is a re-build from lake-bed recovered airframe(s); impressive stuff. Thanks!

the workshop is also well worth a visit but not sure if it is open to the public, maybe every now and then,

I visited there last July, sent email to the museum beforehand and someone was there to show us around.

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A cracking museum indeed, the workshop is also well worth a visit but not sure if it is open to the public, maybe every now and then, the quality of the restorations are first class. They were working on a PE2 cockpit when I was there which was very advanced and should imagine it is in the museum hall now??

Interesting, the barriers, apart from the ‘Wolf and Goat’ and a couple of delicate airframes, there are none.

You are free to touch and walk up to most of the accessible airframes…including the Spitfire. I like that.

Mark

Great shots from a great museum. Good to see civil aircraft have not been forgotten. Surprised to see the U-2 there but I suppose they did operate out of Bodo, T-37 even bigger surprise but I guess the Norwegians trained in the US on them?