The Karelia Aviation Museum [1] (Finnish : Karjalan Ilmailumuseo) is located at Lappeenranta Airport in Lappeenranta, Finland. The museum is run by Kaakkois-Suomen ilmailumuseoyhdistys ry. The museum has also been known as the Aviation Museum of South-Eastern Finland (Finnish : Kaakkois-Suomen ilmailumuseo).
The museum is housed in two covered halls and displays fighter aircraft and smaller objects from the Second World War and onwards.
Aircraft on display include:
In 2005 the museum also had a Hawker Hurricane (HC-452) on loan from the Aviation Museum of Central Finland.
Among the smaller objects on display is a radial engine from a Fokker C.X that sank in Lake Saimaa, engine and different parts from a Tupolev SB that went down in Ylämaa.
The museum is closed during winters.
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