Museum of Hungarian Aviation

Museum of Hungarian Aviation
Saab JA 37 Viggen at the Museum of Hungarian Aviation
Established	1973
Location	Szolnok, Hungary
Type	Aviation museum
Website	http://www.repulomuzeum.hu/

The Museum of Hungarian Aviation (Hungarian language: Magyar Repüléstörténeti Múzeum, Szolnok) is a large museum displaying old military and civilian aircraft and aircraft engines in Szolnok, Hungary. It is located next to the "Lt. Ittebei Kiss József" Helicopter Base of the Hungarian Air Force.

History

The museum started out as the aircraft and technical peripherals collection of the "Kilián György Flight Technical College" in 1973. Since then many things changed but the collection remained, growing always bigger. Originally the museum focused on military aviation but later civil and utility aircraft were introduced to the collection which is divided into two: the open air part, and a separate indoor area with weaponry, uniforms and photographic collections. The museum also stores the remains of a number of Second World War warplanes shot down over Hungary and it plays a leading role in salvaging and conservation of such wrecks. As result of these efforts the museum recovered an Il-2, two Me-109s and a LaGG-5. The collection also included a Lisunov Li-2 which was since restored to airworthy condition, thus becoming the only airworthy exemplar of the kind.

Collection

Fixed-wing motorized aircraft

• Aeronautika Denevér (eng. mean.:"bat", the first, and only complete fully Hungarian-made UAV)
• Super Aero 45
• Aero L-29 Delfin
• Aero L-39 Albatros ZO
• Antonov An-2
• Antonov An-24

Ilyushin Il-28 light bomber

• Antonov An-26
• F-104 Starfighter (ex Turkish)
• F-104 Starfighter (ex West German)
• Hawker Hunter Mk58, ex Patrouille Suisse
• Ilyushin Il-2 M3 (wreck from the Lake Balaton
• Ilyushin Il-14
• Ilyushin Il-18 V
• Ilyushin Il-28
• Let L-200A Morava
• Lisunov Li-2
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 bis
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 UTI
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 PF
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 PM
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 F-13
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 MF
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 bis
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 bisAP
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 PF

Yakovlev Yak-11 (LET C-11) trainer aircraft, sold in 2006

• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 R
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 U
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 UM
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 MF
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 UB
• Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun got for the sold Yakovlev Yak-11 restored (now in the new hangar)
• Polikarpov Po-2 (now in the new hangar)
• SAAB A 32 Lansen E
• Saab JASF37 Viggen DI
• Sukhoi Su-22 M3
• Tupolev Tu-134
• Tupolev Tu-154
• Yakovlev Yak-11 (Got from the Keceli haditechnikai park, now in the new hangar, and currently the only one in Hungary
• Yakovlev Yak-12 R (now in the new hangar)
• Yakovlev Yak-18 (now in the new hangar)
• Yakovlev Yak-52

Gliders

• R-16 Lepke
• R-26S Góbé

Helicopters

Kamov Ka-26 helicopter

• Mil Mi-1 M
• Mil Mi-2
• Mil Mi-4 A
• Mil Mi-8 P
• Mil Mi-8 T
• Mil Mi-24 D
• Kamov Ka-26

Engines

• Avia M-462 RF
• BMW 801
• Daimler-Benz DB 605
• Fejes Jenő's experimental engine
• Isotov GTD-350
• Isotov TV2-117A
• Ivchenko AI-14 R
• Ivchenko AI-26V
• Ivchenko AI-20M

Isotov TV2-117A turboshaft engine

• Ivchenko AI-24VT
• Ivchenko AI-25TL
• Klimov VK-1A
• Kuznetsov NK-8-2U
• Le Rhône 9J
• Mikulin AM-42
• Siemens-Halske Sh 4
• Shvetsov M-11FR
• Shvetsov AS-21
• Shvetsov AS-62 IR
• Shvetsov AS-82
• Tumansky RD-9B
• Tumansky R-11F-300
• Vedeneev M-14V-26
• Walter 6-III

Miscellaneous

• A unique Fiat G.12 fuselage section
• Ejector seats
• Various onboard weapon systems
• Aerial photo reconnaissance cameras
• Radar systems

See also

• List of aerospace museums

External links

• Museum of Hungarian Aviation