Aircraft Museum Kathmandu is an aviation museum located in

Sinamangal Sinamangal ( ne, सिनामंगल) (also Kathmandu Metropolitan City Ward 09) is a residential area of Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, on the banks of Bagmati River. It borders Baneshwor and Gaucharan. Tribhuvan International Airpor ...

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. The museum is inside an Airbus A330-300 of

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that only flew for about eight months before suffering a runway excursion at

Tribhuvan International Airport Tribhuvan International Airport (Nepali language, Nepali: त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल) (, colloquially referred to as TIA) is an international airport located in Kathmandu, B ...

in Kathmandu in March 2015. It was established under a joint initiative by the

Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN, ne, नेपाल नागरिक उड्डयन प्राधिकरण, translit=Nepāl Nāgarik Uḍḍayan Prādhikaraṇ) is an independent civil aviation regulator. It was establishe ...

and pilot Bed Upreti and his trust. This museum was officially opened to public on 28 November, 2017. The museum's exhibits include the aircraft's original cockpit setting, model and miniature aircraft and items documenting the history of Nepalese aviation. The museum is the second of its kind in Nepal, after Bed Upreti had already set up a similar, yet smaller aviation museum, the Aircraft Museum Dhangadhi in

Dhangadhi Dhangadhi ( ne, धनगढी ) is a sub-metropolitan city and the district headquarters of Kailali District in Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal.Dhangadhi is also the temporary capital of Sudurpashchim Province. It shares a border with Uttar ...

in Western Nepal. The museum cost around NPRs 70 million.

References

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