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Established
  
13 January 1960

Phone
  
+54 11 7080-3307

Type
  
Aviation museum

Province
  
Buenos Aires Province

Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina

Location
  
Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Website
  
www.fuerzaaerea.mil.ar/historia/museo_aeronautico.html

Address
  
Morón, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Hours
  
Closed today WednesdayClosedThursday10AM–1PMFriday(Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice)10AM–1PMHours might differSaturday2–6PMSunday2–6PMMondayClosedTuesdayClosedSuggest an edit

Similar
  
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Profiles

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.

Contents

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.

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
  • 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 under restoration)
  • Vickers Viking
  • Cierva C.30 autogiro
  • 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.

    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:

  • 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.

    References

    Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina Wikipedia


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