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The Last Starfighter

2024; University of Oslo Library; Volume: 36; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5617/nm.11596

2002-0503

Jim Gledhill,

Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration

Museum objects have the potential to act as powerful symbols of national identity and modernity. This article examines the three lives of Starfighter 637, a Norwegian military aircraft that flew in the Arctic during the Cold War before becoming an exhibit at the Norsk Luftfartsmuseum and finally being restored to fly again by a group of aviation enthusiasts. The case study of the Starfighter considers the role of socialisation in generating a military object’s meanings and value as cultural heritage, but also how museums can convey the kinetic experience of flying.