Favourite Aviation Museum
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Favourite Aviation Museum
What's your favourite aviation museum?
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Re: Favorite Aviation Museum
Difficult to choose a favorite museum
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Re: Favorite Aviation Museum
Hi,
In europe Duxford by far ! Followed by Riga Airport!
In USA.. Museum of Flight in Seattle and National Museum of Aviation in Washington ! ( both )
But still dreaming of Palmdale Blackbird Park !
CxB
In europe Duxford by far ! Followed by Riga Airport!
In USA.. Museum of Flight in Seattle and National Museum of Aviation in Washington ! ( both )
But still dreaming of Palmdale Blackbird Park !
CxB
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Re: Favorite Aviation Museum
Hi,
Honestly, I haven't visited that many aviation museums in the past, but here are a few that I enjoyed very much:
- Flugausstellung Hermeskeil
A very nice museum with a big collection of military and civil aircraft, both Western and Russian built.
Here a couple of pics to give you an idea of the collection:
More photos are available here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk6RZPYf
- Ailes Anciennes Toulouse
Also a nice place with restored aircraft, but it's been quite a few years since I visited it. If you're near Toulouse airport, it's definitely worth a visit.
Best regards,
Ivan
Honestly, I haven't visited that many aviation museums in the past, but here are a few that I enjoyed very much:
- Flugausstellung Hermeskeil
A very nice museum with a big collection of military and civil aircraft, both Western and Russian built.
Here a couple of pics to give you an idea of the collection:
More photos are available here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk6RZPYf
- Ailes Anciennes Toulouse
Also a nice place with restored aircraft, but it's been quite a few years since I visited it. If you're near Toulouse airport, it's definitely worth a visit.
Best regards,
Ivan
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Hi,
Offcourse Toulouse ! Great museums near the Airbus-factory ( Hamburg visit is much much better )
BTW we organised an avgeek-trip to there few years ago ,... Maybe we need another trip
CXB
Offcourse Toulouse ! Great museums near the Airbus-factory ( Hamburg visit is much much better )
BTW we organised an avgeek-trip to there few years ago ,... Maybe we need another trip
CXB
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We can go to State Aviation Museum Kievcathay belgium wrote: ↑01 Apr 2017, 06:31 Hi,
Offcourse Toulouse ! Great museums near the Airbus-factory ( Hamburg visit is much much better )
BTW we organised an avgeek-trip to there few years ago ,... Maybe we need another trip
CXB
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That looks like my kind of aviation museum. Too many concentrate on military aircraft and civil aircraft are almost invariably ignored, which is a shame for vintage airliner enthusiasts.Apuneger wrote: ↑31 Mar 2017, 23:00 Hi,
Honestly, I haven't visited that many aviation museums in the past, but here are a few that I enjoyed very much:
- Flugausstellung Hermeskeil
A very nice museum with a big collection of military and civil aircraft, both Western and Russian built.
Here a couple of pics to give you an idea of the collection:
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More photos are available here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsk6RZPYf
- Ailes Anciennes Toulouse
Also a nice place with restored aircraft, but it's been quite a few years since I visited it. If you're near Toulouse airport, it's definitely worth a visit.
Best regards,
Ivan
I visited the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow last year and loved that one - not a museum for airliners unfortunately but it was great to see so many Soviet-era military aircraft which I had never seen before. The MiG-29 was a real highlight.
Sabena and Sobelair - gone but never forgotten.
Louise
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Re: Favorite Aviation Museum
How about the museum of the Mikoyan brothers (you know? One of them was a Red Army general, his brother was the aviator who created the MiG fighter aircraft together with his Russian colleague Gurevitsh) in Sanahin, Armenia? But it has only one aircraft, a MiG-21.
The museum is still tended by a lady of the Mikoyan family.
The museum is still tended by a lady of the Mikoyan family.
André
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I have visited the
- National Air and Space museum in Washington D.C.
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles Airport
I must say I was quite impressed by those two...
- National Air and Space museum in Washington D.C.
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles Airport
I must say I was quite impressed by those two...
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Re: Favourite Aviation Museum
+30 years back (ouch !) :
Commemorative (back then Confederate) Air Force Museum, Mesa AZ.
Quite a number of interesting warbirds, well preserved and some in flying condition.
Then Wright-Patt in Dayton OH.
I remember that B-36 “Peacekeeper” monster bomber with huge wingspan and six (piston !) engines.
Have been told they have opened an extension last year. Maybe worth a refresher visit then.
H.A.
Commemorative (back then Confederate) Air Force Museum, Mesa AZ.
Quite a number of interesting warbirds, well preserved and some in flying condition.
Then Wright-Patt in Dayton OH.
I remember that B-36 “Peacekeeper” monster bomber with huge wingspan and six (piston !) engines.
Have been told they have opened an extension last year. Maybe worth a refresher visit then.
H.A.
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China Aviation Museum near Beijing is also a huge place
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Iran Aviation Museum
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