Aviation Museums

Kosice, Slovakia’s second-largest city is home to the country’s best-known aviation museum.  The city’s Museum of Aviation, or Letecke Muzeum Kosice as it’s known in Slovak, first opened its doors to the public in 2002 and is a branch of the Slovak Technical Museum. While most of the aircraft on display are military, there are …

Kosice’s Museum of Aviation: The Final Resting Place of Slovakia’s Yak-40 and Tu-154 Read More »

Significant amount of Boeing 787 components are being made in and around Aichi Prefecture in Japan. Because of that, in 2015, Boeing donated the first Boeing 787 test plane (ZA001) to the city of Nagoya. After sitting on the apron of Centrair airport for a couple of years, it found its new home in Flight …

Flight of Dreams: The Home of ZA001, the First Boeing 787 Test Plane Read More »

MRJ Museum near Nagoya Komaki airport combines several exhibits related to the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (now known as the SpaceJet) and a tour of its final assembly facility. Together with Boeing’s tour in Everett and Airbus’ tour in Toulouse, it’s one of the three publicly accessible airliner factory tours in the world. Access, Opening Hours …

MRJ Museum: A Peek into the Production of Mitsubishi SpaceJet Read More »

Whether you are a civil aviation or military aviation enthusiast, if you find yourself with some spare time in Warsaw, Poland, you should consider visiting the Polish Army Museum which is just a short walk away from the capital’s city center. Since I had a long transfer in Warsaw while transferring between a LOT flight …

Aviation Museum: Polish Army Museum (Warsaw, Poland) Read More »

The Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels is, as its name suggests, mainly focused on military and not solely focused on aviation either. I still visited it during my long transit in Brussels the other day, though, as I wanted to see the ex-Sabena Sud Caravelle that is probably the …

Aviation Museum: Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History (Brussels, Belgium) Read More »

Being home to the Japan’s first jet airliner factory as well as some of Boeing 787 program’s main partners among others, Aichi Prefecture is the centre of the aerospace industry in Japan. As such, it’s no surprise that there are a couple of aviation museums in the area. During my April trip to Nagoya, the …

Aviation Museum: Aichi Museum of Flight (Nagoya, Japan) Read More »

Next in my series introducing aviation museums is the Turkish Air Force Museum (a.k.a. Istanbul Aviation Museum) in Istanbul. I had a chance to visit it during my long layover there last month. While vast majority of the aircraft displayed are military, there is still plenty to see even for an airliner fan. Getting There, …

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On the day of my departure to Miami, I went to Narita airport from the morning to spend the day spotting there before getting onboard. After a quick morning session on the Terminal 1 observation deck, I decided to visit the Museum of Aeronautical Sciences that is located a 15-minute bus ride from the airport. …

Aviation Museum: Museum of Aeronautical Sciences (Shibayama, Japan) Read More »

After taking a look at two lesser known aviation museums (one in Dubnica nad Vahom in Slovakia and another in Budapest in Hungary) I am going to review one of the most famous aviation museums, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum located in New York City, that I had a chance to visit last …

Aviation Museum: Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum (New York, United States) Read More »