The National Aeronautics Museum "Brigadier Edmundo Civati Bernasconi" () is an Argentine

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located in the city of

Morón, Buenos Aires Morón () is a city in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires, capital of the Morón ''partido'', located in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area, at . Located 20 km (13 mi) west of Downtown Buenos Aires, Morón i ...

. Established in 1960, the museum is dedicated to the history of

aviation Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' include fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air aircraft such as h ...

, in particular the

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. Its collection includes some unique

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, like the Pulqui I and Pulqui II jet prototypes, the Urubú flying wing glider, the I.Ae. 22 DL trainer, and a Latécoère XXV flown by

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, vicomte de Saint-Exupéry (29 June 1900 – 31 July 1944), known simply as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (, , ), was a French writer, poet, journalist and aviator. Born in Lyon to an French nobility, aristocratic ...

History

The museum was created on January 13, 1960, by decree 264/60 of the

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, its first director and main supporter being

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Edmundo Civatti Bernasconi. It was initially located at the

Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Jorge Newbery Airfield , commonly known as Aeroparque, is an international airport northwest of Buenos Aires Central Business District, downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina. The airport covers an area of and is operated by ''Aeropuertos Argentina ...

, 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 2001 the museum was relocated to the

Morón Airport and Air Base Morón Airport () is southwest of the center of Morón, Buenos Aires, Morón, a western suburb of Buenos Aires in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. The airport is located within a densely populated metropolitan area. The runway length ...

, site of Argentina's first

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, where

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were available to protect most of the collection. Austral WFN

In February 2013, a

McDonnell Douglas MD-81 The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of five-abreast single-aisle airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas. It was produced by the developer company until August 1997 and then by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The MD-80 was the second gener ...

(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.

Facilities

The museum is divided in different halls, dedicated to specific themes: * ''Motores'': displaying aviation engines. * ''Malvinas'': which includes a

Grumman HU-16 Albatross The Grumman HU-16 Albatross is a large, twin-radial engined amphibious flying boat that was used by the United States Air Force (USAF), the U.S. Navy (USN), the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), and the Royal Canadian Air Force primarily as a search and ...

amphibian used in the 1970s to establish a route line between

Comodoro Rivadavia Comodoro Rivadavia (), often shortened to Comodoro ( ), is a city in the Patagonian Provinces of Argentina, province of Chubut Province, Chubut in southern Argentina, located on the San Jorge Gulf, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, at the foot of th ...

and Malvinas (

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). * ''Antartida'': for material used in

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. * ''Pioneros'': dedicated to Aviation pioneers. * ''Torre de control'': details the interior of a

control tower Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and through a given section of controlled airspace, and can provide advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled a ...

. * ''Pegaso'': to host events. * ''Icaro'': coffee shop. In addition there is a small gift shop.

Collections

Aircraft

Aircraft on display include: Latecoere_25_LV-EAB_Aeroparque_12

;Fixed-wing *

Avro Lincoln The Avro Type 694 Lincoln is a British four-engined heavy bomber, which maiden flight, first flew on 9 June 1944. Developed from the Avro Lancaster, the first Lincoln variants were initially known as the Lancaster IV and V; these were renamed L ...

B.2 ''B-004'', on display as ''B-010''Cater & Caballero (IPMS Magazine May 2013) * Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan *

Blériot XI The Blériot XI is a French aircraft from the Aviation in the pioneer era, pioneer era of aviation. The first example was used by Louis Blériot to make the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft, on 25 July 1909. ...

Boeing 737 The Boeing 737 is an American narrow-body aircraft, narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its Boeing Renton Factory, Renton factory in Washington (state), Washington. Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the t ...

LV-WTK, donated by

Aerolíneas Argentinas Aerolíneas Argentinas, formally ''Aerolíneas Argentinas S.A.'', is the state-owned flag carrier of Argentina and the country's largest airline. The airline was created in 1949, from the merger of Aeroposta Argentina (AA), Aviación del Lito ...

Bristol Freighter The Bristol Type 170 Freighter is a British twin-engine aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company as both a freighter and airliner. Its best known use was as an air ferry to carry cars and their passengers over relatively s ...

1A *

Dassault Mirage III The Dassault Mirage III () is a family of single/dual-seat, single-engine, fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by French aircraft company Dassault Aviation. It was the first Western European combat aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in horizont ...

versions C, DA (''I-002'') and EA (''I-011'') * de Havilland Beaver *

de Havilland Dove The de Havilland DH.104 Dove is a British short-haul airliner developed and manufactured by de Havilland. The design, which was a monoplane successor to the pre-war Dragon Rapide biplane, came about from the Brabazon Committee report which, a ...

* DINFIA IA 35b Huanquero ''A-305'' *

Douglas A-4 Skyhawk The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single-seat subsonic carrier-capable light attack aircraft designed and produced by the American aerospace manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company, and later, McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated A4D und ...

, versions A-4P (''C-207'') and A-4C (C-322) *

Douglas C-47 The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota ( RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II. During the war the C-47 was used for troo ...

A-85-DL ''TA-05'', modified as antarctic transport *

Douglas C-54 The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four-engined transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and the Korean War. Like the Douglas C-47 Skytrain derived from the DC-3, the C-54 Skymaster was derived from a civilian ...

(cabin) *

English Electric Canberra The English Electric Canberra is a British first-generation, jet-powered medium bomber. It was developed by English Electric during the mid- to late 1940s in response to a 1944 Air Ministry requirement for a successor to the wartime de Havilla ...

B Mk.62 ''B-109'', the last one to complete a mission in the

Falklands War The Falklands War () was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British Overseas Territories, British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and Falkland Islands Dependenci ...

Fairchild 82 The Fairchild 82 and the 34-42 Niska were a family of utility aircraft produced in Canada in the mid-1930s, based on designs by Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. (Canada)'s parent company in the United States. Design and development In 1929-1930, Fairchi ...

D ''LV-FHZ'' (ex-''T-152'', msn 66) * Fairchild Swearingen Metro II (currently under restoration) * Farman HF.7 * Fiat G.46, post-war military trainer * Hercules C-130B * FMA IA 22 DL (c/n 728), trainer built by the

Fabrica Militar de Aviones Fabrica means a device in Latin, and derivative words mean "factory" in French (''fabrique''), Italian (''fabbrica''), Portuguese (''fábrica''), Romanian (''fabrica'') and Spanish (''fábrica'') among other Romance languages. It may also refer to ...

* FMA IA 27 Pulqui I prototype, the first jet designed and built in

Latin America Latin America is the cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, primarily Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese. Latin America is defined according to cultural identity, not geogr ...

* FMA IA 33 Pulqui II prototype 5, first swept-wing jet fighter designed and built in

* FMA IA 41 Urubú,

flying wing A flying wing is a tailless fixed-wing aircraft that has no definite fuselage, with its crew, payload, fuel, and equipment housed inside the main wing structure. A flying wing may have various small protuberances such as pods, nacelles, blis ...

glider designed by Reimar Horten *

FMA IA 50 Guaraní II The I.A. 50 Guaraní II is an Argentina, Argentine utility aircraft designed at the DINFIA (successor to the "Instituto Aerotecnico" - AeroTechnical Institute) in the early 1960s. Design and development In the early 1960s, the Argentine state a ...

''F-31'' and ''LQ-JXY'' * FMA IA 53 Mamboretá *

FMA IA 58 Pucará The FMA IA 58 Pucará () is an Argentine ground-attack and counter-insurgency (COIN) aircraft manufactured by the Fábrica Militar de Aviones. It is a low-wing twin-turboprop all-metal monoplane with retractable landing gear, capable of operat ...

FMA IA 63 Pampa The IA-63 Pampa is an advanced jet trainer with combat capability, produced in Argentina by Fabrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA) with assistance from Dornier of Germany. Design and development Preliminary design studies for a replacement for t ...

''EX-03'' mock-up * Focke Wulf FW-44J, biplane trainer * Fokker F.27-600 ''T-42'' *

Gloster Meteor The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to engage in combat operations during the Second World War. The Meteor's development was heavily reliant on its ground-breaking turbojet engines, pioneere ...

F.4 ''I-041'', ex-''EE586'' * Grumman HU-16B Albatross *

Hiller UH-12 The Hiller OH-23 Raven is a two, three, or four-place, military light observation helicopter based on the Hiller Model 360. The Model 360 was designated by the company as the UH-12 ("UH" for United Helicopters), which was first flown in 1948. ...

E *

Hughes 369 The MD Helicopters MD 500 series is an American family of light utility civilian and military helicopters. The MD 500 was developed from the Hughes 500, a civilian version of the US Army's OH-6A Cayuse/Loach. The series currently includes the M ...

HE * Israeli Aircraft Industries Dagger *

Junkers Ju 52 The Junkers Ju 52/3m (nicknamed ''Tante Ju'' ("Aunt Ju") and ''Iron Annie'') is a transport aircraft that was designed and manufactured by German aviation company Junkers. First introduced during 1930 as a civilian airliner, it was adapted int ...

/3m (WNr.4043) * Latécoère XXV flown by

for Aeroposta Argentina * Max-Holste 1521 Broussard * Morane-Saulnier MS.502 *

Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris The Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris is a French four-seat jet trainer and liaison aircraft designed and manufactured by Morane-Saulnier. The Paris was based upon an earlier proposed trainer aircraft, the Morane-Saulnier MS.755 Fleuret, MS.755 Fle ...

North American F-86F Sabre The North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, is a transonic jet fighter aircraft. Produced by North American Aviation, the Sabre is best known as the United States' first swept-wing fighter that could counter the swept-wing Sov ...

Percival Prentice The Percival Prentice was a basic trainer of the Royal Air Force in the early postwar period. It was a low-wing monoplane with a fixed tailwheel Landing gear, undercarriage. Front seating was in a side-by-side configuration with a rear seat p ...

T.1 * Rockwell Aero Commander 500U *

Vickers Viking The Vickers Viking was a British single-engine amphibious aircraft designed for military use shortly after World War I. Later versions of the aircraft were known as the Vickers Vulture and Vickers Vanellus. Design and development Resear ...

1B ''T-9'' *

Wright Flyer The ''Wright Flyer'' (also known as the ''Kitty Hawk'', ''Flyer'' I or the 1903 ''Flyer'') made the first sustained flight by a manned heavier-than-air powered and controlled aircraft on December 17, 1903. Invented and flown by brothers Wrigh ...

replica ;Rotary wing *

Bell UH-1 The Bell UH-1 Iroquois (nicknamed "Huey") is a utility military helicopter designed and produced by the American aerospace company Bell Helicopter. It is the first member of the prolific Huey family, as well as the first turbine-powered helic ...

H * Boeing Chinook * Bolkow Bo 105 *

Cierva C.30 The Cierva C.30 is an autogyro designed by Juan de la Cierva and built under licence from the Cierva Autogiro Company by A V Roe & Co Ltd (Avro) as the Avro 671, Lioré-et-Olivier as the LeO C.301, and Focke-Wulf. Design and Development Befo ...

autogiro An autogyro (from Greek and , "self-turning"), gyroscope, gyrocopter or gyroplane, is a class of rotorcraft that uses an unpowered rotor in free autorotation to develop lift. A gyroplane "means a rotorcraft whose rotors are not engine-drive ...

Sikorsky S-55 The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw (company model number S-55) is a multi-purpose piston-engined helicopter that was used by the United States Army and United States Air Force. It was also license-built by Westland Aircraft as the Westland Whirlwin ...

helicopter, ''H-04'' *

Sikorsky S-61R The Sikorsky S-61R is a twin-engine helicopter used in transport or search and rescue roles. A developed version of the SH-3 Sea King, S-61 (the SH-3 Sea King), the S-61R was also built under license by Agusta as the AS-61R. The S-61R served in ...

''H-02'' used by the Presidential flight

Engines

* Napier Sabre IIA inline *

Packard DR-980 The Packard DR-980 is an American nine-cylinder air-cooled aircraft Diesel engine first certificated in 1930. The engine was unpopular despite its economy and reliability due to the unpleasant nature of its diesel exhaust fumes an ...

radial diesel

Other

Other exhibits include: *

Anasagasti The Anasagasti was the first automobile to be built in Argentina; it was manufactured by Horacio Anasagasti of Buenos Aires from 1912 to 1914. History Horacio Anasagasti was a student of Argentine engineer Otto Krause. Shortly after creating ...

car, used by the

* Pampa tractor

Gallery

Aircraft displayed

Image:AvroLinconB2VI.jpg, Avro Lincoln B.2 File:E-110 Beech 18 Argentine Airforce (7310442434).jpg, Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan ''E-110'' File:H-15 Bell 205 UH-1 (8164165838).jpg, Bell 205 (UH-1) ''H-15'' File:LV-WTX Boeing 737 Aerolineas Argentinas (7310854168).jpg, Boeing 737 ''LV-WTX'' File:TC-330 Bristol B170 Freighter Fuerza Aerea Argentina (7310839554).jpg, Bristol B170 Freighter Image:Canberra B-109 Museo Moron.JPG, English Electric Canberra File:E.a.-701 Dinfia I.Ae.22DL (7307046706).jpg, Dinfia I.Ae.22DL File:F-12 DH104 Dove Argentine Airforce (8164169390).jpg, de Havilland Dove File:P-05 DHC-2 Beaver Fuerza Aerea Argentina (8164164610).jpg, DHC-2 Beaver File:C-207 Douglas A-4P Skyhawk (7310427820).jpg, Douglas A-4P Skyhawk ''C-207'' File:C-322 Douglas A-4C Skyhawk (7310434418).jpg, Douglas A-4C Skyhawk ''C-322'' File:TA-05 Douglas DC-3 Fuerza Aerea Argentina (7310804244).jpg, Douglas DC-3 ''TA-05'' File:LV-FHZ Fairchild 82D (7310492834).jpg, Fairchild 82D ''LV-FHZ'' File:LQ-MLV Swearingen SA226TC Metro (8164120613).jpg, Swearingen Metro ''LQ-MLV'' File:Farman III (1).jpg, Farman replica File:E.a-441 Fiat G-46-5B (8164148796).jpg, Fiat G-46-5B image:FMA IAe27.jpg , FMA I.Ae. 27 Pulqui I prototype File:Pulqui II Argentine Museum.jpg, FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II prototype 5 File:FMA IA-35.jpg, FMA IA 35 Huanquero File:FMA-IA-50.jpg, FMA IA 50 Guaraní II File:FMA-IA-53.jpg, FMA IA 53 Mamboretá File:AX-01 IA58 Pucara Fuerza Aerea Argentina (7307048254).jpg, FMA IA 58 Pucará prototype ''AX-01'' File:EX-03 IA63 Pampa Argentine Airforce (7307045530).jpg, FMA IA63 Pampa prototype ''EX-03'' File:E.e-122 Focke-Wulf Fw.44J Stieglitz (8164152332).jpg, Focke Wulf FW-44J ''Stieglitz'' File:T-42 Fokker Fk.27 Fuerza Aerea Argentina (7310479070).jpg, Fokker F.27 T-42 File:C-041 Gloster Meteor F.4 (8164115201).jpg, Gloster Meteor F.4 File:BS-02 Grumman G-64 Albatross Fuerza Aerea Argentina (8164126911).jpg, Grumman Albatross File:Iriarte Ladrillo.jpg, Iriarte ''Ladrillo'' (experimental) File:Late01.jpg, Latécoère 25 File:TC-60 Lockheed 100 Hercules C-130B (8164172104).jpg, Lockheed Hercules C-130B TC-60 File:LV-LGR MBB Bo.105C (8164142622).jpg, MBB Bo.105C Image:MirageIIICC-721.jpg, Mirage IIIC File:PG-336 Max Holste 1521 Broussard (8164168086).jpg, Max Holste 1521 Broussard File:LV-ZIV Morane-Saulnier MS.502 Criquet (8164166412).jpg, Morane-Saulnier MS.502 Criquet File:E-207 Ms760 Paris Argentine Airforce (8164149358).jpg, Morane-Saulnier Ms.760 Paris File:C-122 NA F-86 Sabre Argentine Airforce (7307046176).jpg, NA F-86 Sabre File:E-390 Percival P.40 Prentice T1 (8164151272).jpg, Percival Prentice T.1 File:T-137 Aero Commander 500 Fuerza Aerea Argentina (7310800982).jpg, Rockwell Aero Commander 500 File:FAA H-04.jpg, Sikorsky S-55 H-04 File:H-02 Sikorsky S-61 Fuerza Aerea Argentina (8164125835).jpg, Sikorsky S-61 H-02 File:T-9 Vickers Viking Fuerza Aerea Argentina (7313012018).jpg, Vickers Viking

Other objects displayed

Image:anasagasti01.jpg, Automobile

, 1914 File:Packard DR 980 Museo NAciona de Aeronautica de Argentina.JPG,

engine File:Tractor_Pampa_(2).jpg, Pampa tractor, 1952

References

Notes

Sources

* * * Ogden, Bob. ''Aviation Museums and Collections of the Rest of the World''. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 2008. . * * Rivas, Santiago. "Pioneers & Prototypes: Pulqui, Pulqui II and IA-37/48." ''International Air Power Review'', Issue 25, 2008, pp. 162–173. Westport, CT: AIRtime. .

External links

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