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The museum was founded on 1 May 1999 and formally opened on 24 June 2000 [1] by Halldór Blöndal, the Speaker of the Althing. [2] It was initially known as the Aviation Museum at Akureyri; [3] another aviation collection existed at Hnjótur in Örlygshöfn. [2]
The first domestically operated aircraft in Iceland was operated by the Flugfélag Íslands (Aeronautical Society of Iceland) company, established on 22 March 1919. The company operated a single British-built Avro 504K biplane aircraft that the airline purchased from Denmark and flew from a field that was later the site of Reykjavík Airport. [2]
A third aircraft (Boeing B757-300 TF-ISX "Þingvellir") was painted in the red, white, and blue livery of Iceland's flag and celebrated both the 100th anniversary of Icelandic National Sovereignty (1918–2018) and the National Men's Football Team's World Cup debut in 2018. This aircraft was retired from the Icelandair fleet in October 2024.
Loftleiðir took delivery of its first Canadair CL-44 aircraft in 1964 and Flugfélag Íslands took delivery of a Boeing 727 as Iceland's first jet aircraft in 1967. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] These new aircraft were considered too large for regular operation on the shorter runway at Reykjavík Airport.
Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, the airfield was available for maritime patrol activities, air defense and for transiting aircraft between North America and Europe, in addition to supporting Iceland's international civilian aviation. The flag of Iceland being raised and the flag of the US being lowered as the US hands over the Naval ...
The aircraft, serial number 17171, was designated C-117D and was based on the Super DC-3, first flown in 1944. [1] This R4D-8 was built as an R4D-5 (msn 12554) and converted to R4D-8 (msn 43309) in November 1951. All R4D-8 aircraft still extant were re-designated as C-117D in the tri-service designation system introduced from 18 September 1962.
The following is a list of aircraft of the Icelandic Coast Guard, past and present.The Icelandic Coast Guard has operated 22 aircraft since the inception of its air wing, as well as having leased commercial aircraft on occasion for short-term missions, with their history being widely covered in the Icelandic media through the years.
The squadron was operating out of RAF Reykjavik, equipped with Boeing Fortress II, a four-engined American heavy bomber, [12] when the RAF Iceland command disbanded, during July 1945. [2] History of No. 30 Wing RAF. No. 30 Wing RAF as formed as 29th (Training) Wing RFC on 1 June 1917 at Edinburgh controlling Montrose Aerodrome and Turnhouse ...