The Estonian Aviation Museum is located in

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near

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, an ...

. It is the only

aviation museum An aviation museum, air museum, or air and space museum is a museum exhibiting the history and artifacts of aviation. In addition to actual, replica or accurate reproduction aircraft, exhibits can include photographs, maps, models, dioramas ...

in the country. The museum was founded in December 1999 in accordance with a private initiative procedure and officially opened to the public on 14 June 2002.About the museum
Estonian Aviation Museum website It has been developed in different stages on the basis of European Union support financing and with the help of the private- and

public sector The public sector, also called the state sector, is the part of the economy composed of both public services and public enterprises. Public sectors include the public goods and governmental services such as the military, law enforcement, inf ...

. Founder and director of the museum is Estonian engineer and former politician

Mati Meos Mati Meos (born 5 October 1946 in Jõgeva) is an Estonian politician and engineer. He was a member of VIII Riigikogu and a director and founder of the Estonian Aviation Museum The Estonian Aviation Museum is located in Lange near Tartu in Es ...

. The museum consists of several buildings; one small building is used to present more than 400 aircraft models. A collection of

military aircraft A military aircraft is any Fixed-wing aircraft, fixed-wing or rotorcraft, rotary-wing aircraft that is operated by a legal or insurrectionary armed service of any type. Military aircraft can be either combat or non-combat: * Combat aircraft are ...

airliner An airliner is a type of aircraft for transporting passengers and air cargo. Such aircraft are most often operated by airlines. Although the definition of an airliner can vary from country to country, an airliner is typically defined as an ai ...

training aircraft A trainer is a class of aircraft designed specifically to facilitate flight training of pilots and aircrews. The use of a dedicated trainer aircraft with additional safety features—such as tandem flight controls, forgiving flight characteristi ...

ultralight aircraft Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft. Some countries differentiate between weight-shift control and Aircraft flight control system, conventional three-a ...

helicopter A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attribu ...

s, gliders,

aircraft engine An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system. Most aircraft engines are either piston engines or gas turbines, although a few have been rocket powered and in recent years ma ...

radar Radar is a detection system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (''ranging''), angle, and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It can be used to detect aircraft, Marine radar, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor v ...

units and

anti-aircraft guns Anti-aircraft warfare, counter-air or air defence forces is the battlespace response to aerial warfare, defined by NATO as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action".AAP-6 It includes surface based, ...

is displayed in and around several

hangar A hangar is a building or structure designed to hold aircraft or spacecraft. Hangars are built of metal, wood, or concrete. The word ''hangar'' comes from Middle French ''hanghart'' ("enclosure near a house"), of Germanic origin, from Frankish ...

s. There are also various attractions such as piloting- and parachute jumping simulators. The museum has its own 450m-long airstrip. Tartu Ülenurme Airport is located 4 km away. The Museum has staged the annual Estonian Aviation Days since 2006. The museum claims it is the biggest aviation event in the Baltic states. Estonian Aviation Days 2016 had the attendance of 13 000 people.Aleksander Pihlak
FOTOD: Lennupäevadel osales rekordarv inimesi
Delfi, 7 June 2016 (in Estonian) The Museum is closed in wintertime from November to May.

Departments

In the Museum structure there are 8 departments: * Aircraft models * Aircraft, helicopters and gliders * Aircraft engines * Marine airforce * Air traffic control (ATC), radars * Airfields * Air defence * Attractions

Collection

;Training aircraft *

PZL-104 Wilga PZL-104 Wilga ('' golden oriole'') is a Polish short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) civil aviation utility aircraft designed and originally manufactured by PZL Warszawa-Okęcie, and later by European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), who ...

PZL TS-11 Iskra The PZL TS-11 ''Iskra'' ( en, Spark) is a Polish jet trainer, developed and manufactured by aircraft company PZL-Mielec. It was used by the air forces of Poland and India. It is notable as being the first domestically developed jet aircraft to ...

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Polish Air Force The Polish Air Force ( pl, Siły Powietrzne, , Air Forces) is the aerial warfare branch of the Polish Armed Forces. Until July 2004 it was officially known as ''Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej'' (). In 2014 it consisted of roughly 16,425 mi ...

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Aero L-29 Delfín The Aero L-29 Delfín ( en, Dolphin, NATO reporting name: Maya) is a military jet trainer developed and manufactured by Czechoslovakian aviation manufacturer Aero Vodochody. It is the country's first locally designed and constructed jet airc ...

Aero L-39 Albatros The Aero L-39 Albatros is a high-performance jet trainer designed and produced in Czechoslovakia by Aero Vodochody. It is the most widely used jet trainer in the world; in addition to performing basic and advanced pilot training, it has also flo ...

* Hawk HW-326 (from

Finnish Air Force , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = , equipment = 159 , equipment_label ...

) ;Ultra-light aircraft * Aeroprakt A-22 Foxbat (flying) ;Fighters * Panavia Tornado F.3 (from

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...

) * F-104 ASA Starfighter (from

Italian Air Force , colours = , colours_label = , march = (Ordinance March of the Air Force) by Alberto Di Miniello , mascot = , anniversaries = 28 March ...

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MiG-21bis The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Its nickna ...

(from

) * Saab J35 Draken (owned by Swedish Air Force Museum) * MiG-23MLD * Saab JA 37 Viggen (owned by Swedish Air Force Museum) * SEPECAT Jaguar GR3 (from

)

Estonian Aviation Museum, presentation of MiG-25

;Reconnaissance fighters * Mirage III RS (from the Ministry of Defence of Switzerland) * MiG-25 RPS * Yak-28PP ;Attack fighters * Saab J32 Lansen (owned by Swedish Air Force Museum) *

Sukhoi Su-22M4 The Sukhoi Su-17 (''izdeliye'' S-32) is a variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber developed for the Soviet Union, Soviet military. Its NATO reporting name is "Fitter". Developed from the Sukhoi Su-7, the Su-17 was the first variable-sweep wing airc ...

F-4 Phantom II The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.Swanborough and ...

;Bombers: *

Sukhoi Su-24 The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is a supersonic, all-weather attack aircraft developed in the Soviet Union. The aircraft has a variable-sweep wing, twin-engines and a side-by-side seating arrangement for its crew of two. It was ...

; Gliders * Blaník *

LAK-12 The LAK-12 is a Lithuanian mid-wing, single-seat, FAI Open Class Glider (sailplane), glider that was designed and produced by Lietuviškos Aviacinės Konstrukcijos (LAK) ( en, Lithuanian Aircraft Builders) in Lithuania and later by Sportine Av ...

;Agricultural aircraft *

Zlín Z 37 Zlín (in 1949–1989 Gottwaldov; ; german: Zlin) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 73,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Zlín Region and it lies on the Dřevnice river. It is known as an industrial centre. The development of the ...

Antonov An-2 The Antonov An-2 ("kukuruznik"—corn crop duster; USAF/DoD reporting name Type 22, NATO reporting name Colt) is a Soviet mass-produced single-engine biplane utility/agricultural aircraft designed and manufactured by the Antonov Design Bure ...

;Passenger aircraft * Tu-134A3 *

Yak-40 The Yakovlev Yak-40 (russian: Яковлев Як-40; NATO reporting name: Codling) is a regional jet designed by Yakovlev. The trijet's maiden flight was in 1966, and it was in production from 1967 to 1981. Introduced in September 1968, the Yak ...

* An-2P * Aero Commander 680 FL ;Helicopters * Mil Mi-2RL *

Mil Mi-8 The Mil Mi-8 (russian: Ми-8, NATO reporting name: Hip) is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s and introduced into the Soviet Air Force in 1968. It is now produced by Russia. In addition to ...

Robinson R22 The Robinson R22 is a two-seat, two-bladed, single-engine light utility helicopter manufactured by Robinson Helicopter Company. It was designed in 1973 by Frank D. Robinson, and has been in production since 1979. Development The majority of fl ...

(without engine) *

Robinson R44 The Robinson R44 is a four-seat light helicopter produced by Robinson Helicopter Company since 1992. Based on the company's two-seat Robinson R22, the R44 features hydraulically assisted flight controls. It was first flown on 31 March 1990 a ...

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Estonian Air Force The Estonian Air Force ( et, Õhuvägi, ) is the aviation branch of the Estonian Defence Forces. The air force traces its history to 1918, and was re-established in its current form in 1991. As of 2016, the Estonian Air Force has a strength of ...

) * Schweizer S-300 *

Kamov Ka-26 The Kamov Ka-26 (NATO reporting name Hoodlum) is a Soviet light utility helicopter with co-axial rotors. Development The Ka-26 entered production in 1969 and 816 were built. A variant with a single turboshaft engine is the Ka-126. A twin turb ...

;Anti-aircraft missiles * Anti-aircraft cannon Flack 88 * Danish anti-aircraft cannon Madsen * Surface-to-air missile S-75 * Surface-to-air missile S-125 * Surface-to-air missile S-200 * Surface-to-air missile SA-6 * Surface-to-air missile SA-8 ;Radars * Remote monitoring radar P-37 (similar to P-35) * Jak-28PP radar * Draken-35 radar * Il-76 radar * Tesla OPRL-4 radar (from Kuressaare airfield) * Antenna of DRL-7SK radar (from Tartu Ülenurme airfield) * PN-671 precision approach radar ;Engines * Jak-28PP engine * Il-76 engine * F-104 ASA Starfighter engine * Lansen-32 engine * MiG-25 engine * R44 engine * Wilga 35 engine * An-2 engine * In-line engine of a recreational aircraft * Mi-2 turbine * S-75 rocket engine ;Aircraft models Aircraft models in scales 1:144, 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32, in total 400 models. Models of aircraft carrier and amphibious assault ship in scale 1:72. Launchers models in scale 1:72.

References

External links

{{Commons category, Estonian Aviation Museum
Museum homepage
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