{"id":7937,"date":"2017-08-24T12:10:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T12:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=7937"},"modified":"2019-05-22T18:18:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T08:18:50","slug":"bodo-nordland-norway-%f0%9f%87%b3%f0%9f%87%b4-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=7937","title":{"rendered":"Bod\u00f8, Norway 2017 \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Travelled: 63 kilometres by road from L\u00f8ding to Bod\u00f8, then 102 kilometres by ferry to Moskenes in the Lofoten Islands.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Norsk Luftfartsmuseum Bod\u00f8, NOK120pp, then ferry to Moskenes NOK2028<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Museum carpark in \u00c5, free. N67.87986, E12.97732<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Whilst we had a nice view from the Hymer across the bay at L\u00f8ding, it wasn’t a great night’s sleep.  There is a factory and dockyard across the way and there was some banging and clanging during the night.  We planned an early start today anyway so there was no chance for a sleep in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have the usual coffee and fruit, then make tracks for Bod\u00f8.  A low-beam headlight on the Hymer has failed, so we make for an auto electrician who diagnoses a burnt out globe and replaces it.  It is something I would normally do myself, but the low-beam globes are very difficult to reach, so I feel inclined to get someone to change them rather than dislocate my shoulder contorting myself to get the old globe out.  I get him to replace the other low-beam globe as well and we’re back on the road.  We see the flight museum (its hard to miss as you drive under it) as we head further into town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This amazing mural of a sea eagle outside the tourist office in Bod\u00f8<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We are told just be in ferry queue an hour or so before the 4 pm departure, that no boorking is required this time of year.  So we head back out to the museum to kill a couple of hours.  Having held my pilots license for many years I have a real affection for aircraft and Pam doesn’t seem to mind my enthusiasm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A replica WWII Hurricane fighter stands on a plinth outside the museum.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The museum is divided into two sections, war birds and civil aviation.  This F-5 A Freedom Fighter in original Norwegian livery stands at the entrance.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Pam stands in front of a fully restored DH 98 Mosquito fighter\/bomber. It’s airframe made predominantly from laminated timber. Known affectionately as the ‘wooden wonder’.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A genuine Supermarine Spitfire also fully restored in Norwegian livery.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Arguably the best German fighter of WWII the FW190. Only ever seen pictures of one before today. Running out of fuel it crash landed in a snow storm in the mountains of Northern Norway by it’s German pilot in 1943. It remained undiscovered until 1984, recovered in 1986 and restoration was completed in 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Another legendary aircraft I have actually never seen. A CF-104 Starfighter.  Known as the ‘Widow Maker’ due to it’s history of operational accidents.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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