Aviodrome

[3] In 1955 several organisations, such as the airline KLM and aircraft manufacturer Fokker, initiated a foundation called "Stichting voor het Nationaal Luchtvaartmuseum" with the single goal of creating a national aviation museum.

[3] The main building was a large aluminium geodesic dome designed by Buckminster Fuller, the largest in the world at the time, which housed most of the aircraft on display.

Added to the aviation theme were several artifacts from several Dutch space programs, such as the backup flight-article of ANS (Astronomical Netherlands Satellite), a mockup of IRAS and the high-speed windtunnel model of the Huygens probe.

In 2004 the last of KLM's classic Boeing 747-200's named Louis Blériot was sold to the Aviodrome for the symbolic amount of 1 euro.

[6] After the journey over water that attracted a lot of attention[6] the aircraft was lifted from the barge at Harderwijk and the last bit of the trip took place over land.

The Aviodrome purchased the oldest still flying series produced F-27 from its Australian owner in 2004 and painted it in the colors of the no longer existing Nederlandse Luchtvaart Maatschappij (NLM).

The entrance to the museum is flanked by the second prototype of the Fokker 50 .
Replica of the old Schiphol terminal building from 1928.
The Catalina at the museum
The Lockheed Constellation at the museum
Backup flight-article of the ANS satellite
The Louis Blériot being lifted from a barge
DC-2 - De Uiver