Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina
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File:GlosterFMk4MeteorC-0411.jpg
Main hall, with Gloster Meteor (foreground), Huanquero (background) and Urubu (hanging from roof)
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Established | 13 January 1960 |
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Location | Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Type | Aviation museum |
Website | www |
The Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica (MNA) (English: National Aeronautics Museum) is a museum located in the city of Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina, dedicated to the history of aviation, in particular the Argentine Air Force.
Its collection includes some unique aircraft, like the Pulqui I and Pulqui II fighter prototypes and a Latécoère XXV flown by Antoine de Saint Exupéry.
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History
The museum was created on January 13, 1960, by decree 264/60 of the President of the Republic, its first director and main supporter being Brigadier Edmundo Civatti Bernasconi.
It was initially located at the Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, where the aircraft were displayed in the grounds without protection from the weather. In the 1980s it was proposed to relocate the museum to provide protection to the aircraft, a new facility close to the Ezeiza airport was suggested.
In the 2000s was relocated to the Morón Airport and Air Base, site of Argentina's first international airport, where hangars were available to protect most of the collection.
Collections
Aircraft on display include:
- Latécoère XXV flown by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry for Aeroposta Argentina
- Junkers Ju 52
- FMA I.Ae. 22 DL built by the Fabrica Militar de Aviones
- Fiat G.46 [1]
- FMA I.Ae. 27 Pulqui I prototype, the first jet designed and built in Latin America
- FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II prototype 5, first swept-wing jet fighter designed and built in Latin America
- I.Ae. 41 Urubú flying wing designed by Reimar Horten
- FMA IA 50 Guaraní II
- North American F-86 Sabre
- Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
- Sikorsky S-55 helicopter
- Bell UH-1 Huey
- Sikorsky S-61 used by the Presidential flight
- Avro Lincoln
- Gloster Meteor
- FMA IA 58 Pucará
- English Electric Canberra
- Dassault Mirage III
- Bristol Freighter
- Israeli Aircraft Industries Dagger
- Bolkow Bo 105
- Swearingen Metro II (currently[when?] under restoration)
- Vickers Viking
- Cierva C.30 autogiro [1]
- Max-Holste 1521 Broussard
- Focke Wulf FW-44J
In February 2013, a McDonnell Douglas MD-81 (ex-Austral, LV-WFN) was donated to the museum, for restoration and exhibition. This aircraft is notable for having the highest number of flight hours worldwide for its type (70,444 hours in 60,350 cycles) as of March 2012, when it was retired.[2]
Other exhibits include:
- an Anasagasti car, which was used by the Argentine Air Force.
Facilities
The museum is divided in differents halls, dedicated to specific themes:[3]
- Motores: displaying aviation engines.
- Malvinas: which includes a Grumman HU-16 Albatross amphibian used in the 1970s to establish a route line between Comodoro Rivadavia and Malvinas (Falkland Islands).
- Antartida: for material used in Antarctica.
- Pioneros: dedicated to Aviation pioneers.
- Torre de control: details the interior of a control tower.
- Pegaso: to host events.
- Icaro: coffee shop.
In addition there is a gift shop.
Gallery
Aircraft displayed
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AvroLinconB2VI.jpg
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E-110 Beech 18 Argentine Airforce (7310442434).jpg
Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan E-110
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H-15 Bell 205 UH-1 (8164165838).jpg
Bell 205 (UH-1) H-15
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F-12 DH104 Dove Argentine Airforce (8164169390).jpg
de Havilland Dove
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P-05 DHC-2 Beaver Fuerza Aerea Argentina (8164164610).jpg
DHC-2 Beaver
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C-207 Douglas A-4P Skyhawk (7310427820).jpg
Douglas A-4P Skyhawk C-207
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C-322 Douglas A-4C Skyhawk (7310434418).jpg
Douglas A-4C Skyhawk C-322
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TA-05 Douglas DC-3 Fuerza Aerea Argentina (7310804244).jpg
Douglas DC-3 TA-05
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E.a-441 Fiat G-46-5B (8164148796).jpg
Fiat G-46-5B
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FMA I.Ae. 27 Pulqui I prototype
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FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II prototype 5
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FMA IA-35.jpg
FMA IA 35 Huanquero
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FMA-IA-50.jpg
FMA IA 50 Guaraní II
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AX-01 IA58 Pucara Fuerza Aerea Argentina (7307048254).jpg
FMA IA 58 Pucará prototype AX-01
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EX-03 IA63 Pampa Argentine Airforce (7307045530).jpg
FMA IA63 Pampa prototype EX-03
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E.e-122 Focke-Wulf Fw.44J Stieglitz (8164152332).jpg
Focke Wulf FW-44J Stieglitz
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T-42 Fokker Fk.27 Fuerza Aerea Argentina (7310479070).jpg
Fokker F.27 T-42
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C-041 Gloster Meteor F.4 (8164115201).jpg
Gloster Meteor F.4
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BS-02 Grumman G-64 Albatross Fuerza Aerea Argentina (8164126911).jpg
Grumman Albatross
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TC-60 Lockheed 100 Hercules C-130B (8164172104).jpg
Lockheed Hercules C-130B TC-60
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LV-LGR MBB Bo.105C (8164142622).jpg
MBB Bo.105C
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MirageIIICC-721.jpg
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PG-336 Max Holste 1521 Broussard (8164168086).jpg
Max Holste 1521 Broussard
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LV-ZIV Morane-Saulnier MS.502 Criquet (8164166412).jpg
Morane-Saulnier MS.502 Criquet
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E-207 Ms760 Paris Argentine Airforce (8164149358).jpg
Morane-Saulnier Ms.760 Paris
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C-122 NA F-86 Sabre Argentine Airforce (7307046176).jpg
NA F-86 Sabre
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T-137 Aero Commander 500 Fuerza Aerea Argentina (7310800982).jpg
Rockwell Aero Commander 500
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FAA H-04.jpg
Sikorsky S-55 H-04
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H-02 Sikorsky S-61 Fuerza Aerea Argentina (8164125835).jpg
Sikorsky S-61 H-02
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T-9 Vickers Viking Fuerza Aerea Argentina (7313012018).jpg
Vickers Viking
Other objects displayed
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Anasagasti01.jpg
Automobile Anasagasti, 1914
References
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