The Aeronautical Museum Belgrade, formerly known as the Yugoslav Aeronautical Museum, is a

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located in Surčin,

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, the capital of Serbia. Founded in 1957, the museum is located adjacent to

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. The current facility, designed by architect

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, was opened to the public on 21 May 1989.

History

In 1975

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, the national flag carrier, donated of land for the museum and the museum later purchased further . Construction of the present building of the museum began in the mid-1970s. The construction work dragged on, so it was only in late 1988 that the setting of the first permanent exhibition began. The museum's new location was ceremonially opened on 21 May 1989. The museum owns over 200 aircraft previously operated by the Yugoslav Air Force (both

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Serbian Air Force The Serbian Air Force and Air Defence ( sr-Cyrl, Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздухопловна одбрана Војске Србије, Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazduhoplovna odbrana Vojske Srbije, Wa ...

, and others, as well as aircraft previously flown by several civil airliners and private flying clubs. It also owns the only known surviving example of the

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glass building, with additional aircraft displayed on the surrounding grounds. The museum also displays wreckage of a downed USAF

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and

F-16 Fighting Falcon The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful ...

, both shot down during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999. In addition, the collection consists of more than 130 aviation engines, more radars, rockets, various aeronautical equipment, over 20,000 reference books and technical documentation as well as more than 200,000 photographs.

Collection

New 'Rocket and Radar' museum exhibition will be constructed. Existing missiles and radars in museum: * P-15 Termit * S-75 Dvina

Gliders

Helicopters

File:S-55.jpg, Sikorsky (SOKO) S-55-5 File:Ka 25-1.jpg,

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Piston-engine aircraft

File:Yu Hurricane.jpg, Hawker Hurricane Mk IVRP with Yugoslav Air Force markings File:Yu Yak-3.jpg,

Yak-3 The Yakovlev Yak-3 (Russian: Яковлев Як-3) was a single-engine, single-seat World War II Soviet fighter. Robust and easy to maintain, it was much liked by both pilots and ground crew.Glancey 2006, p. 180. One of the smallest and lighte ...

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with Yugoslav Air Force markings captured and used by

Yugoslav Partisans The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: , or the National Liberation Army, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); mk, Народноослобод ...

during World War II. File:P-47 YU 01.jpg, Republic P-47D Thunderbolt with Yugoslav Air Force markings. File:Polikarpov Po 2.jpg, Polikarpov Po-2 File:Fizir FN.jpg, Fizir FN File:Kraguj.jpg, Soko J-20 Kraguj File:Utva 213.jpg, Utva 213 File:Yu Spitfire.jpg,

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LF Mk VC used by Yugoslav RAF squadron. File:Predator MQ-1 (war trophy in Museum of Aviation, Belgrade, Serbia).jpg, MQ-1 Predator File:F-117 Canopy (shot down over Serbia 1999, Museum of Aviation, Belgrade).jpg, Canopy of F-117 shot down on 27 March 1999, near the village of Buđanovci,

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C-47 The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (Royal Air Force, RAF, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, Royal Canadian Air Force, RCAF, Royal New Zealand Air Force, RNZAF, and South African Air Force, SAAF designation) is a airlift, military transport ai ...

Jet aircraft

File:Belgr f84 thunderjet.JPG, Republic F-84 "Thunderjet" File:F-86D-Yu.jpg,

F-86D Sabre The North American F-86D/K/L Sabre (initially known as the YF-95 and widely known informally as the "Sabre Dog",) was an American transonic jet fighter aircraft. Developed for the United States Air Force in the late 1940s, it was an interceptor ...

File:Mig-21 yu.JPG, MiG-21F-13 File:Airplane J-22 orao.JPG,

Soko J-22 Orao The Soko J-22 Orao ( sr-cyr, text=Oрао, translation=eagle) is a Yugoslav twin-engined, subsonic ground-attack and aerial reconnaissance aircraft. It was developed and built in collaboration by SOKO in Yugoslavia and by Avioane Craiova in ...

prototype File:Folland Gnat YU.jpg, Folland (Fo.141) Gnat F Mk.1 File:F-16 tail.jpg, Tail and canopy of F-16CG shot down during the Operation Allied Force File:Caravelle yu.JPG,

Sud-Aviation Se.210 Caravele

Other

References

External links

Museum review by TravelDriveRace

Belgrade Aviation Museum

Музеј ваздухопловства-Београд
Званична интернет презентација Музеја ваздухопловства-Београд (у изради)
Aeronautical Museum-Belgrade
Official internet presentation of Aeronautical Museum - Belgrade (under construction)
Virtual tour through museum
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Museums established in 1957 1957 establishments in Serbia Surčin