Aeronautical Museum Belgrade
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{{Infobox museum
| name = Aeronautical Museum Belgrade
| native_name = Музеј ваздухопловства-Београд
Muzej vazduhoplovstva-Beograd
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| coordinates = {{coord|44|49|8|N|20|17|7|E|type:landmark_region:SR|format=dms|display=inline, title}}
| established = {{start date and age|1957}}
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| location = Surčin, Belgrade, Serbia
| type = Aviation museum
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| curator = Zoran Radojević
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| website = {{URL|http://www.aeronauticalmuseum.com/}}
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The Aeronautical Museum Belgrade, formerly known as the Yugoslav Aeronautical Museum, is a museum located in Surčin, Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Founded in 1957, the museum is located adjacent to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. The current facility, designed by architect Ivan Štraus, was opened to the public on 21 May 1989.
History
In 1975 JAT, the national flag carrier, donated {{convert|48|are|abbr=on}} of land for the museum and the museum later purchased further {{convert|2.7|ha|abbr=on}}.{{Citation | author = Jovo Simišić | title = Čiji je Muzej vazduhoplovstva | trans-title = To whom belongs the Museum of aviation | newspaper = Politika | page = 26 | language = Serbian | date = 25 October 2017 }} Construction of the present building of the museum began in the mid-1970s. The construction work dragged on, so it was only in late 1988 that the setting of the first permanent exhibition began. The museum's new location was ceremonially opened on 21 May 1989.{{Citation | author = Jelena Popadić | title = Zabrinutost zaposlenih u Muzeju vazduhoplovstva | trans-title = Worries of the employees in the Museum of the Aviation | newspaper = Politika | page = 08 | language = Serbian | date = 21 October 2017 | url = http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/391119/Zabrinutost-zaposlenih-u-Muzeju-vazduhoplovstva }}
The museum owns over 200 aircraft previously operated by the Yugoslav Air Force (both royal and communist), 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.Marinkovic, Vlado. [http://www.pbase.com/vmarinkovic/air_museum "Air Museum."] pbase.com, 11 September 2010. Retrieved: 9 September 2013. The most valuable collections are housed in geodesic glass building, with additional aircraft displayed on the surrounding grounds.
The museum also displays the 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.
Collection
New 'Rocket and Radar' museum exhibition will be constructed.
Existing missiles and radars in museum:
=Gliders=
| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: left;"|Aircraft ! style="text-align: left;"|Registration ! style="text-align: left;"|Serial number ! style="text-align: left;"|Note |
| DFS 30 Kranich
| YU-5014 | 161 | |
| DFS 66 Grunau Baby III
| YU-2113 | 151 | |
| DFS 68 Weihe
| YU-4073 | 443 | |
| DFS 68 Weihe
| YU-4089 | 492 | |
| DFS 68 Weihe
| YU-4093 | 491 | |
| DFS 70 Olympia Meise
| YU-4106 | 33 | |
| 20.Maj Čavka
| YU-2227 | | |
| 20.Maj Ilindenka 1T
| YU-4108 | 3005 | |
| 20.Maj Ilindenka 1T
| YU-4109 | 3006 | |
| FAJ Jastreb Košava 2
| | 1 | |
| FAJ Jastreb Vuk-T (VTC-76)
| YU-4422 | 346 | |
| Ikarus Košava 60
| YU-5022 | 1 | |
| Ikarus/Letov Orao IIc
| YU-4096 | 185 | |
| Ikarus Meteor 60
| YU-4103 | | Prototype |
| ILZS Jastreb 54
| YU-3056 | 251 | |
| VTRZ Jastreb Roda
| YU-5210 | 24 | |
| Letov Jastreb 54
| YU-3029 | 195 | |
| Koser KB-3 Jadran
| YU-6001 | 104 | |
| LIBIS-17
| YU-5069 | 319 | |
| SVC Čavka
| YU-2127 | | |
| SVC Mačka
| YU-4107 | 3 | |
| SVC Vrabac A
| | | |
| Utva M/J1
| YU-UTVA | | |
| VTC Cirrus HS-64D
| YU-5341 | 118 | |
| VTC Delfin II
| YU-4138 | 45 | |
| VTC Trener
| YU-4169 | 79 | |
=Helicopters=
| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: left;"|Aircraft ! style="text-align: left;"|Origin ! style="text-align: left;"|Registration ! style="text-align: left;"|Serial number ! style="text-align: left;"|Note |
| Hiller UH-12A
| {{USA}} | YU-HAB | 143 | under restoration |
| Kamov Ka-25PL
| {{USSR}} | 11323 | 4912519 | |
| Kamov Ka-28PL
| {{USSR}} | 11401 11402 | 5235003720222 5235003720223 | |
| PZL Mi-2
| {{USSR}}/{{POL}} | 12506 | 511103059 | |
| PZL Mi-2
| {{USSR}}/{{POL}} | 12512 12513 12514 12515 | 511110059 541307129 541327129 541309129 | |
| Mil Mi-4A
| {{USSR}} | 12013 | 6103 | |
| Mil Mi-8T
| {{USSR}} | 12208 | 0915 | |
| Westland WS-51 Dragonfly Mk.IB
| {{UK}} | 11503 | WA/H/97 | |
| Sikorsky (SOKO) S-55-5
| {{USA}} | 11714 | WA9-10-2319 | |
File:S-55.jpg|Sikorsky (SOKO) S-55-5
File:Ka 25-1.jpg|Kamov Ka-25PL
File:Mi-8 at the Aeronautical Museum Belgrade.jpg|Mi-8
=Piston-engine aircraft=
| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: left;"|Aircraft ! style="text-align: left;"|Origin ! style="text-align: left;"|Registration ! style="text-align: left;"|Serial number ! style="text-align: left;"|Note |
| AAK BS-1 Student
| {{YUG}} | YU-CKK | | Prototype |
| ATZ CA-51
| {{YUG}} | YU-CMH YU-CMK | | |
| ATZ V-55
| {{YUG}} | YU-CMR | prototype | |
| Boeing (Stearman) A.75N-1
| {{USA}} | YU-BAD | 75-7614 | ex-USN N2S-3 BuAer 37993, ex-N5115N |
| Boeing (Stearman) PT-17-75
| {{USA}} | YU-BAI | 75-3047 | ex-USAAF PT-17 s/n 41-25540, ex-N5536O??? |
| Bücker Bü 133D-1 Jungmeister
| {{flag|Nazi Germany}} | 9102 | 1069 | ex-NDH 7706 |
| de Havilland D.H.82A Tiger Moth
| {{UK}} | NM-150 | 86-470 | ex YU-CHX/0902 (Morris built) |
| de Havilland D.H.104 Dove 2B
| {{UK}} | 72201 | 04432 | ex YU-ABN/9751 |
| de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk.I
| {{CAN}} | 70101 | 587 | ex 0672/672 |
| Douglas DC-3C (C-47A-25-DK Skytrain)
| {{USA}} | YU-ABB YU-ABG | 13713 14035/25480 | ex 42-93765 ex 43-48219, ex KG8030, exG-AHLX |
| Douglas C-47A-35-DK Skytrain
| {{USA}} | 71214 | 16472/33220 | ex 44-76888, ex KN586, ex 7323 |
| Fiat G.50 Freccia
| {{flag|Italy|1861}} | 8 | 249 | ex-MM6197, ex-NDH 3505, awaiting restoration |
| Mraz K-65A Čap
| {{flag|Nazi Germany|Nazi}} | 9393 / YU-COE | 91 |(Fiesseler Fi 156 Storch) |
| Focke-Wulf Fw-190F-8/R1
| {{flag|Nazi Germany|Nazi}} | 3 | 930838 | |
| Grumman-Schweitzer G-164A/400
| {{USA}} | YU-BEU | 498 | ex N984X |
| Hawker Hurricane Mk.IVRP
| {{UK}} | LD975/O | 41H/368368,20-925 | ex 9593 |
| Ikarus Aero 2BE
| {{flag|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} | 875 | YU-CVB | |
| Ikarus Kurir
| {{YUG}} | 50157 / YU-CCB | 57 | |
| Ikarus Kurir-L
| {{YUG}} | 50200 / YU-CBD | 100 | with Lycoming engine |
| Ikarus S-49A
| {{YUG}} | 2319 | 301118 | |
| Ikarus S-49C
| {{YUG}} | 2400 | 50 | |
| Ikarus 214D
| {{YUG}} | 61019/YU-ABP | 019 | |
| Ilyushin Il-2M3
| {{USSR}} | 4154 | 308331 | |
| Ilyushin Il-14P
| {{USSR}} | 71301 | 146001121 | ex 7401 |
| Yakovlev Yak-3
| {{USSR}} | 2252 | 8545 | |
| Yakovlev Yak-9P
| {{USSR}} | 2826 | 04-36 | |
| Amiot AAC.1 Toucan
| {{flag|France}} | 7208 | 222 | ex F-BBYB (French built Ju 52/3m) |
| Junkers Ju 87B-2
| {{flag|Germany|Nazi}} | 9801 | 0406 | awaiting restoration |
| Letov Ljubljana KB-6 Matajur
| {{YUG}} | YU-CFD | 177 | |
| Lisunov Li-3
| {{USSR}} | 7011 | 18422308 | Li-2 with C-47A engines |
| Lockheed P-38L-5-LO Lightning
| {{USA}} | 9751 | 422-6790 | ex 44-25786, awaiting restoration |
| Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2
| {{flag|Germany|Nazi}} | 9663 | 14792 | ex Bulgarian Air Force |
| North American T-6G
| {{USA}} | FT152 | 168-503 | ex50-1289 |
| North American P-51D-5-NA
| {{USA}} | HL-L | 109-26911 | ex 44-13278, awaiting restoration |
| Nieuport XI C.1
| {{FRA}} | 12 | 27 | ex F-WZBC, replica |
| Petlyakov Pe-2FT
| {{USSR}} | 6054 | 18-426 | |
| Polikarpov Po-2
| {{USSR}} | 0089 / YU-CNT | 01021 | |
| Polikarpov Po-2V
| {{POL}} | 0105 / YU-CNP | 01096 | |
| Republic F-47D-40-RE Thunderbolt
| {{USA}} | 13056 | 5609 | ex44-90464 |
| Rogozarski R-100
| {{flag|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} | 9251 | 23 | uncompleted |
| Sarić No I
| {{flag|Austria-Hungary}} | I | | Replica of an aircraft built in 1909 by Ivan Sarić |
| Short SA.6 Sealand I
| {{UK}} | 0662 | SH.1567 | ex G-AKLS, ex YU-CFK |
| Soko 522
| {{YUG}} | 60132 60157 60204 | 32 57 04 | |
| Soko J-20 Kraguj
| {{YUG}} | 30002 30101 30103 30104 30106 30107 30108 30109 30114 30135 30144 30145 30147 30148 30152 30155 30157 | 001 003 004 006 007 008 009 014 019 028 029 031 032 036 039 041 | Prototype |
| UTVA Aero 3
| {{YUG}} | P 40186 / YU-CZA | 86 | Prototype |
| UTVA 65S
| {{YUG}} | YU-BKI | 736 | |
| UTVA 66
| {{YUG}} | 51001 51002 51145 51221 | 0854 0866 | Prototype Prototype |
| UTVA 66H
| {{YUG}} | 52101 52102 52104 | 0822 0823 0831 | |
| UTVA 213-3
| {{YUG}} | 1352 | 92 | |
| UTVA Lasta
| {{YUG}} | 54153 | | 0 series |
| Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.Vc trop
| {{UK}} | JK808/B | CBAF-4690,17-545 | ex VF-H, ex 9489, RAF serial JK448 |
| WSK-PZL M-18 Dromader
| {{POL}} | YU-BMX | 1Z-010-01 | Incomplete |
| Zlín Z-XII
| {{CZS}} | F-AQII | 194 | |
| Zlín Z 526M
| {{CZS}} | 41104 / YU-DIO | 102 | |
| Zlín Z-37 Čmelák
| {{CZS}} | YU-BGL | 819 | |
| Zmaj Fizir FN
| {{flag|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} | V | 9 | exYU-CAY/9009 |
| Zmaj Fizir FP-2
| {{flag|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} | | 15 | ex9308, incomplete |
| General Atomics RQ-1 Predator
| {{USA}} | | | wreckage |
File:Yu Hurricane.jpg|Hawker Hurricane Mk IVRP with Yugoslav Air Force markings
File:Yu Yak-3.jpg|Yak-3
File:Bf109 messerschmitt.JPG|Messerschmitt Bf 109 with Yugoslav Air Force markings captured and used by Yugoslav Partisans during World War II.
File:P-47 YU 01.jpg|Republic P-47D Thunderbolt with Yugoslav Air Force markings.
File:Polikarpov Po 2.jpg|Polikarpov Po-2
File:Fizir FN.jpg|Fizir FN
File:Kraguj.jpg|Soko J-20 Kraguj
File:Utva 213.jpg|Utva 213
File:Yu Spitfire.jpg|Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk VC used by Yugoslav RAF squadron.
File:Predator MQ-1 (war trophy in Museum of Aviation, Belgrade, Serbia).jpg|MQ-1 Predator
File:Ju52 Luftfahrtmuseum am Flughafen Belgrad.jpg|Junkers Ju 52/3m (exF-BBYB) outside the building
File:C-47 in front of the Aeronautical Museum Belgrade.jpg|C-47
=Jet aircraft=
| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: left;"|Aircraft ! style="text-align: left;"|Origin ! style="text-align: left;"|Registration ! style="text-align: left;"|Serial number ! style="text-align: left;"|Note |
| Boeing 727-2H9/Adv
| {{USA}} | YU-AKF (JAT) | 21038 | Currently stored at Jat Tehnika, waiting for restoration for display in Museum |
| Canadair CL-13 Sabre Mk.IV
| {{USA}}/{{CAN}} | 11025 11054 11088 14102 | 756 439 638 190-748 | ex 53-19856, ex XB955 ex 52-19539, ex XB636 ex 53-19738, ex XB875 ex 52-10023A |
| Folland Fo.141 Gnat F Mk.1
| {{UK}} | 11601 | FL-14(G-39-8) | |
| Ikarus 451
| {{YUG}} | | 2 (prototype) | |
| Ikarus 451M
| {{YUG}} | | prototype | |
| Ikarus Š 451-MM Matica
| {{YUG}} | 20001 | | Prototype |
| Ikarus T 451-MM Stršljen II
| {{YUG}} | 21002 | | Prototype |
| Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk
| {{USA}} | | 82-806 | Wreckage. Shot down on 27 March 1999 |
| Lockheed T-33A-1-LO
| {{USA}} | 10024 | 580-8189 | ex 52-9958 |
| Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon
| {{USA}} | | 88-550 | Wreckage. Shot down on 2 May 1999 |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F-13
| {{USSR}} | 22532 | 741702 | |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21U
| {{USSR}} | 22909 | 3416 | |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21PFM
| {{USSR}} | 22735 | 8407 | |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21US
| {{USSR}} | 22953 | 03685149 | |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21R
| {{USSR}} | 26103 26105 | 1707 1709 | |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21M
| {{USSR}} | 22805 22818 | 3007 3115 | |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UM
| {{USSR}} | 16152 16158 | 516979071 516995091 | |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis
| {{USSR}} | 17402 17405 17409 | N75095222 75095251 75095293 | |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MLD
| {{USSR}} | 23269 | | Sent from Iraq for upgrades, never returned. Moved to unknown location on 14 August 2009.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} |
| North American F-86D Sabre
| {{USA}} | | | |
| Republic F-84G-31-RE Thunderjet
| {{USA}} | 10501 10530 10525 | | ex52-2936 ex 52-8435 ex 52-2939 (recon) |
| Soko J-21 Jastreb
| {{YUG}} | 24001 24115 24122 24126 24128 24130 24142 24145 24155 24156 24159 24208 24210 24213 24214 | 015 024 028 030 032 044 047 061 062 065 074 076 079 080 | Prototype |
| Soko IJ-21 Jastreb
| {{YUG}} | 24401 24404 24405 24410 24415 24418 24421 24454 24456 24457 | 001 004 005 010 015 018 021 034 036 037 | |
| Soko NJ-21 Jastreb
| {{YUG}} | 23502 23505 23506 23507 23511 23512 | 005 008 009 010 012 014 | |
| Soko INJ-21 Jastreb
| {{YUG}} | 23513 | 015 | |
| Soko J-22 Orao
| {{YUG}} | 25001 25107 25120 | 007 045 | Prototype |
| Soko IJ-22 Orao
| {{YUG}} | 25719 25721 25723 25724 | 019 021 023 024 | |
| Soko INJ-22 Orao
| {{YUG}} | 25606 | 006 | |
| Soko NJ-22 Orao
| {{YUG}} | 25505 25506 25509 25511 | 014 015 018 020 | |
| Soko G-2 Galeb
| {{YUG}} | 23001 23108 23154 23156 | 108 154 156 | Prototype |
| Soko G-4 Super Galeb
| {{YUG}} | 23629 23636 23733 | 009 016 065 | Aircraft tail section |
| Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle
| {{FRA}} | YU-AHB (JAT) | 135 | ex F-WJAK |
File:Belgr f84 thunderjet.JPG|Republic F-84 "Thunderjet"
File:F-86D-Yu.jpg|F-86D Sabre
File:Mig-21 yu.JPG|MiG-21F-13
File:Airplane J-22 orao.JPG|Soko J-22 Orao prototype
File:Folland Gnat YU.jpg|Folland (Fo.141) Gnat F Mk.1
File:F-16 tail.jpg|Tail and canopy of F-16CG shot down during the Operation Allied Force
File:F-117 Canopy (shot down over Serbia 1999, Museum of Aviation, Belgrade).jpg|Canopy of F-117 shot down on 27 March 1999, near the village of Buđanovci, Serbia
File:Caravelle yu.JPG|JAT Sud-Aviation Se.210 Caravelle
=Other=
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! style="text-align: left;"|Item ! style="text-align: left;"|Origin ! style="text-align: left;"|Registration ! style="text-align: left;"|Serial number ! style="text-align: left;"|Note |
| BGM-109 Tomahawk
| {{USA}} | | | Wreckage |
| Cossor C.R. 787
| {{UK}} | | | Radar |
| R-25 Vulkan
| {{YUG}} | | | SAM missile |
| Westinghouse AN/TPS-1D
| {{USA}} | | | Radar |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{commons category}}
- [http://traveldriverace.com/2015/muzej-azduhoplovstva-belgrade-aviation-museum-showcases-aeronautic-rarities/ Museum review by TravelDriveRace]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081203081526/http://www.jat.com/active/sr-latin/home/main_menu/travel_info/jat_review/mart_2007/muzej_vazduhoplovstva_beograd.html History of the Museum at Jat Airways website]
- [http://www.muzejrv.mod.gov.rs/ Belgrade Aviation Museum]
- [http://www.muzejvazduhoplovstva.org.rs Музеј ваздухопловства-Београд] Званична интернет презентација Музеја ваздухопловства-Београд (у изради)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170701122444/http://www.aeronauticalmuseum.com/ Aeronautical Museum-Belgrade] Official internet presentation of Aeronautical Museum - Belgrade (under construction)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110322030439/http://www.360vr.rs/muzej/vazduhoplovstva.php Virtual tour through museum]
- [https://public-transport.net/plane/A_Belgrade/ gallery of the planes]
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