Museu Aeroespacial
Introduction '''Museu Aeroespacial''' is a national aviation museum located in the West Side of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the Administrative Region of Realengo. The place is known as "the Brazilian Aviation cradle".
Address Av. Marechal Fontenelle, 2000 - Campo dos Afonsos (Realengo), Rio de Janeiro/RJ
History The Museu Aeroespacial (Aerospace Museum) was inaugurated on 18 October 1976 at the installations of the old Escola de Aeronáutica (former Brazilian Air Force officer graduation school, replaced by the Academia da Força Aérea), at Afonsos Air Force Base—the "Cradle of Military Aviation", in the City of Rio de Janeiro, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.The idea of an "Aeronautical Museum" dates from 1943 when the Minister of Aeronautics, Dr. Salgado Filho, determined its organization, but the initial work and subsequent attempts were interrupted by lack of suitable space and installations.Given the explanatory memorandum from Lieutenant Brigadier Joelmir Campos do Araripe Macedo, Minister of Aeronautics, President Emilio Garrastazu Medici established the nucleus of the Aerospace Museum on July 31, 1973, through Decree No. 72552.Building and hangar restoration started in January 1974, at the same time as the collection and restoration of aircraft, engines, weapons, documents, photographs, maps, paintings, memorabilia and other items of historical value.The Aerospace Museum is part of the University of the Air Force's campus (UNIFA), being administratively subordinate to the Historic-Cultural Institute of Aeronautics (INCA) since 1986.
Exhibits<ref name='Ogden 2008'/> The following aircraft are on permanent display at the museum, some of them in flyable condition:Designation FAB desigIdentityNotes ImageAerotec UirapuruT-23Beechcraft D17S StaggerwingUC-43Beechcraft AT-11 KansanT-11Beechcraft D18SUC-45Bell 47JH-13J8510 not on display Sept. 2012Bell 206 JetRangerVH-4Bensen B-8M|PP-ZWRGyrocopterBoeing-Stearman A75L3250pxBücker Bü 131D-2 Jungmann|CAP-4 Paulistinha|Caudron G.3|250pxCessna L-19 Bird DogL-19ECessna AT-17 BobcatUC-78BCessna T-37T-37CCNNA HL-6B|Consolidated PBY CatalinaC-10A6527Canso ACurtiss C-46 CommandoC-46Curtiss FledglingJ-2250pxCurtiss P-40NP-40N250pxDassault Mirage IIIEBRF-103EDe Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide|250pxDe Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth12HI250pxDe Havilland Canada DHC-5 BuffaloC-115Douglas A-20K HavocA-20KDouglas B-26 InvaderA-26Douglas C-47 SkytrainC-47Douglas DC-3|PP-AVJAerovias BrasilEipper Quicksilver MXL|MicrolightEmbraer EMB 326 XavanteAT-264525frame on display carries AT-26-4462 Sept. 2012Embraer EMB-110 BandeiranteYC-952130PrototypeAeritalia/Macchi/EMBRAER AMXYA-14201PrototypeFairchild 22-C7G|PP-TBDAeroclube de Ribeião PretoFairchild 24-W41 ForwarderUC-61AFairchild PT-19 CornellPT-19Fairchild PT-26 CornellPT-260310not on display Sept. 2012Fairchild C-119 Flying BoxcarC-119G2305not on public display Sept. 2012, can be seen in adjacent maintenance hangar250pxFairchild Hiller FH-1100|Focke-Wulf Fw 4411AvNFocke-Wulf Fw 58B-2 WeiheAT-FwFokker S.11T-210789not on display Sept. 2012Fokker S.12T-220811not on display Sept. 2012Fouga CM.170 MagisterT-24Gloster Meteor F.8F-8250pxGloster Meteor T.7TF-7FGrumman G-44A Widgeon|Grumman HU-16 AlbatrossSA-16Grumman S-2A TrackerP-16AGrumman S-2E TrackerP-16EHawker Siddeley 125VU-93Hawker Siddeley 748C-91IPT-0 Bichinho II|Jacobs Hols der Teufel| Hendrich Kurt's GliderLockheed F-80S Shooting StarF-80CLockheed F-104S Starfighter|MM6890Aeronautica Militare (Italian AF), marked 9-51, Sept. 2012Lockheed P-2E NeptuneP-2ELockheed T-33 Shooting StarATF-33A250pxLockheed Model 18 LodestarC-60ALockheed 188 Electra|PP-VJMVarigMorane-Saulnier MS.760 ParisC-412932carries C-41-2932, Sept. 2012Muniz M-7|13no marks, Sept. 2012Neiva PaulistinhaL-6Neiva RegenteYL-42Neiva RegenteL-423225not on display Sept. 2012Neiva UniversalYT-25Nieuport 21E.1|North American B-25 MitchellB-25J250pxNorth American F-86K Sabre|0014FA VenezolanaNorth American T-6D TexanT-6DNorth American T-6D TexanT-6D1617not on display Sept. 2012250pxNorth American T-28A Trojan|N-703MarinhaNorthrop F-5BF-5BPilatus P-3O-3Piper L-4|Republic P-47 Thunderbolt|420339marked 419662, Sept. 2012Santos-Dumont 14-bis|ReplicaSantos-Dumont Demoiselle|ReplicaStearman A-76|Stinson SR-10E ReliantUCSR10250pxVickers ViscountVC-90Presidential Airplane250pxVultee BT-15 ValiantBT-15Waco CJC|Waco CPF-5|Waco CSO|F154no marks, Sept. 2012Waco RNF|Westland Wasp HAS.1|N-7039Navy'''Also on site Sept. 2012:'''PT-ZJA Embraer EMB-140, PP-ZVB Embraer/FMA CBA 123 Vector, PP-ZTU glider, PP-ZDB IPT-16 Surubim, PT-ZBN dismantled, Boeing 737-2N3 VC96-2116 732, K162 biplane, VU9-2654 Embraer EMB 121 Xingu, 5701 Embraer EMB-314-ALX-Super Tucano, 4634 Aermacchi MB.326, U7A-2632 Embraer EMB-810, Embraer AT-26 Xavante-4462, G-19-0151 Embraer EMB-201 Ipanema, Lockheed B-34/PV-1 no marks, 4904 Dassault Mirage III, Douglas C-47 2015
See also *List of aerospace museums
Notes
References *Ogden, Bob (2008). Aviation Museums and Collections of The Rest of the World. UK: Air-Britain.
External links * Museu Aeroespacial website