Museum of Aviation (Belgrade)
| Музеј ваздухопловства-Београд (Muzej vazduhoplovstva-Beograd) |
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| Established | 1957 |
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| Location | Surčin, Belgrade, Serbia, adjacent to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport |
| Type | Aviation museum |
| Curator | Zoran Radojević |
| Website | www |
The Museum of Aviation (formerly the Yugoslav Aeronautical Museum) was founded in 1957 in Surčin, Belgrade. The museum is located adjacent to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. The current facility, designed by architect Ivan Štraus, was opened to the public on May 21, 1989.
The museum owns over 200 aircraft previously operated by the Yugoslav Air Force, Serbian Air Force, 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 Fiat G.50. The most valuable collections are housed in geodesic glass building, with additional aircraft displayed on the surrounding grounds.
The museum also displays wreckage of a downed USAF F-117 Nighthawk and F-16 Fighting Falcon, 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.
New 'Rocket and Radar' museum exhibition will be constructed.
Existing missiles and radars in museum:
Hawker Hurricane Mk IVRP with Yugoslav Air Force markings
Messerschmitt Bf 109 with Yugoslav Air Force markings captured and used by Yugoslav Partisans during World War II.
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt with Yugoslav Air Force markings.
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