Take flight at the Aviodrome!
A day in the clouds.
Experience 100 intriguing aviation years in the National
Aviation Theme Park Aviodrome at Lelystad Airport (just 45 minutes
from Amsterdam). The Aviodrome, with its very large collection of historic
planes, is a unique aviation
theme park and is opened year round. The interactive Aviodrome
exposition and the dynamic theme park bring history back to life. Regularly
special activities and events
are organized for the public. During school holidays special activities
for children are organized. The National Aviation Theme Park Aviodrome
is a great day out for young and old alike.
Permanent exhibition
The 'time machine' takes visitors back to 1896, showing them key events
in Dutch aviation history on the way. Now the journey though history
can really begin. Authentic Dutch aircraft are presented in beautiful
displays that, together with many visual and sound effects, provide
the right period atmosphere. When museum guests visit 'the 1930's'
they can board the 'Pelikaan', a beautifully simulated pre-war KLM
Fokker airliner, to experience what air travel must have been like
in the early years of passenger air transport. In the 'top-down' theatre
visitors take on the role of passengers in a hot air balloon, flying
over some of the most interesting sites in the Netherlands. The size
of the post-war passenger aircraft in the exhibition hall will certainly
impress. The concept of flight is explained in the 'aviation lab';
hands-on experiments show how and why aircraft can fly.
Theme park
Apart from the beautiful museum exhibition Aviodrome has much more on
offer. A 250-seat movie theatre offers spectacular viewing of wide
screen aviation films. In the T-2 hangar outside, the Douglas
DC-2 'Uiver', the last flying DC-2 in the world, can be seen. The DC-2
will soon be joined by the Lockheed Constellation, a graceful airliner
from the 1940's, which is also in flying condition. The Aviodrome boasts
the largest replica in the Netherlands: the Schiphol 1928 building.
An exact replica of the 1920's Amsterdam Airport terminal building.
Children will love the flight simulator in which the thrills of flying
a jet fighter can be experienced first hand.
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