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The museum, located on the outskirts of Johannesburg,
features an eclectic mix of aircraft, including two huge 10. Musée Air France, Paris, France
Boeing 747s. Even more impressively, three of the
The Air France Museum Association, supported by
aircraft on display (2 DC-4s and one DC-3 built in the the French flag carrier and staffed mainly by
1940s) are still serviceable.
volunteers, takes care of the airline's rich historical
South African Airways Museum, Rand Airport, Transvaal
collection of documents, objects and memorabilia
Aviation Club Building, Germiston, 1419, South Africa;
(including the largest collection of airline posters in
+27 76 879 5044
the world).
At the moment, this association is working on a
project that, although not a museum in the
traditional sense of the word, is worth a mention
9. SAS Museet, Oslo, Norway here.

To visit the SAS Museet, located next to Oslo Airport, is Air France's virtual museum, still a work in progress,
to embark on a journey through the story of air travel in is expected to become a new channel to browse
Scandinavia. through the airline's history.
The museum has a section dedicated to each of the It will have several virtual exhibition rooms covering
three mother companies -- Denmark's DDL, Norway's different aspects of Air France's history. One of the
DNL and Sweden's ABA/SILA -- which joined together highlights will be the virtual tour of 12 different
after World War II to form Scandinavian Airlines System aircraft models (six pre-World War II models and six
(SAS). from the post-war years), from the World War I-era
Breguet 14 to the Boeing 747 jumbo jet.
There's a large uniform collection, featuring all SAS
uniforms from 1946 to 2019, as well as scale models and museeairfrance.org
other memorabilia.

A technical section displays several engines, including a
real Pratt & Wittney engine and an RR Avon jet engine
used by the Comet and Caravelle airliners.

There's also a section dedicated to polar routes, linking
Europe to North America and Japan and overflying the
North Pole -- for many years the cornerstone of SAS
long-haul service.

A few years ago, the museum considered taking in the
last MD-80 aircraft operated by SAS. That was not to be,
but the museum's four-storey tower is open to the
public and it provides views of the adjacent runways.
This feature means it's possible to combine your visit
with a bit of plane-spotting.

Before planning a visit, take into consideration that the
museum only opens on Tuesdays and Sundays.

SAS Museet, Gardermovegen 1, 2030 Nannestad,
Norway; +47 957 18 005