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Take a look around, the walls are full of history and dreams about the future ... you are at Volandia, where an incredible journey immerses you in a world of aviation history, with a focus on companies and people that have marked the history of the province of Varese, the province with the wings, and the whole industry in Lombardy and Italy.
Over the years, major manufacturers of aircraft, like Caproni, Agusta, Aermacchi, Siai Marchetti, has given prestige and pride to italy and created a real flightdistrict, which also Malpensa airport belongs to.
The course is divided into five areas - the types of aircraft, fixed wing, rotary wing, air modeling, and the tilt rotor - and tells us about the conquest of the air, ground-breaking balloon flights, from the first aircraft in the early nineteenth century until the tilt rotor, a perfect fusion between the vertical and horizontal flight .
The Park and the Flightmuseum also has large indoor and outdoor areas for children, with room an spaces for each age group. For older children, there is the simulation area, the library, the historical archive available online, and meeting room with projections.
In Volandia Store you will find all the stuff and mascots of the park and museum, as well as many other wonderful objects.
Finally, There is the Flight Cafe for some wellerned moments of rest.
At Volandia the game and the dream of flight unite.
Opening Days and hours - prices
The park and flightmuseum is open daily from May 8, 2010 from 10.00 to 18.00 except Mondays.
At the entrance there is a large reception with a café and a shop.
For groups of at least 40 people, you can request an early opening at 9.00
Ticket Adults EUR 8.00
50% discount for children (3-12 years) € 4.00
Reduced ticket Euro 6.00 for:
Children 0-3 years free of charge
Groups and schools
Volandia promotes group and school-visits of all grades and levels to the park and the museum. The groups should be of at least 20 people and access to the area is possible except by bus and car, also by train or bus from Malpensa Terminal 1 with the new pedestrian connection from the arrival and departure hall.
The area is fully accessible to wheelchair users.
Two are the learning objectives:
1. Learning about the history of flying, learning about the materials and the development of aeronautics world (from the first flight to the Space Shuttle)
2. Learning the history and traditions of the Italian Air Territory
Bus Parking: Free
The park of Volandia also offers various training activities on Volandia Malpensa airport, park and museum.