Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina

34°40′18.05″S 58°38′12.45″W / 34.6716806°S 58.6367917°W / -34.6716806; -58.6367917

Aviation museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina

National Aeronautics Museum
Brigadier Edmundo Civati Bernasconi
Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica Brigadier Edmundo Civati Bernasconi

Main hall, with Gloster Meteor (foreground), Huanquero (background left), Focke Wulf 44 (background right), and Urubú (hanging from roof)

Established	January 13, 1960; 64 years ago (1960-01-13)
Location	Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Type	Aviation museum
Director	Vicecomodoro Walter Olmedo (2019)
Website	argentina.gob.ar/museomoron

The National Aeronautics Museum "Brigadier Edmundo Civati Bernasconi" (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica) is an Argentine museum located in the city of Morón, Buenos Aires. Established in 1960, the museum is dedicated to the history of aviation, in particular the Argentine Air Force.

Its collection includes some unique aircraft, like the Pulqui I and Pulqui II jet prototypes, the Urubú flying wing glider, the I.Ae. 22 DL trainer, and a Latécoère XXV flown by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

History

The museum was created on January 13, 1960, by decree 264/60 of the President of the Republic, its first director and main supporter being Brigadier Edmundo Civatti Bernasconi.

It was initially located at the Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, where the aircraft were displayed in the grounds without protection from the weather. In the 1980s it was proposed to relocate the museum to provide protection to the aircraft, a new facility close to the Ezeiza airport was suggested.

In 2001 the museum was relocated to the Morón Airport and Air Base, site of Argentina's first international airport, where hangars were available to protect most of the collection.

In February 2013, a McDonnell Douglas MD-81 (ex-Austral, LV-WFN) was donated to the museum, for restoration and exhibition. This aircraft is notable for having the highest number of flight hours worldwide for its type (70,444 hours in 60,350 cycles) as of March 2012, when it was retired.^[1]

Facilities

The museum is divided in different halls, dedicated to specific themes:^[2]

Motores: displaying aviation engines.
Malvinas: which includes a Grumman HU-16 Albatross amphibian used in the 1970s to establish a route line between Comodoro Rivadavia and Malvinas (Falkland Islands).
Antartida: for material used in Antarctica.
Pioneros: dedicated to Aviation pioneers.
Torre de control: details the interior of a control tower.
Pegaso: to host events.
Icaro: coffee shop.

In addition there is a small gift shop.

Collections

Aircraft

Aircraft on display include:

Fixed-wing

Avro Lincoln B.2 B-004, on display as B-010^[3]^[4]
Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan^[4]
Blériot XI^[4]^[5]
Boeing 737 LV-WTK, donated by Aerolíneas Argentinas^{[citation needed]}
Bristol Freighter 1A^[4]
Dassault Mirage III versions C,^[4] DA (I-002) and EA (I-011)^[6]
de Havilland Beaver^[4]
de Havilland Dove^[4]
DINFIA IA 35b Huanquero A-305^[4]
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, versions A-4P (C-207) and A-4C (C-322)^[4]
Douglas C-47A-85-DL TA-05, modified as antarctic transport^[4]
Douglas C-54 (cabin)
English Electric Canberra B Mk.62 B-109, the last one to complete a mission in the Falklands War^[4]^[7]
Fairchild 82D LV-FHZ (ex-T-152, msn 66)^[4]
Fairchild Swearingen Metro II (currently^[when?] under restoration)^{[citation needed]}
Farman HF.7^[4]
Fiat G.46, post-war military trainer^[4]^[8]
Hercules C-130B
FMA IA 22 DL (c/n 728), trainer built by the Fabrica Militar de Aviones^[4]^[9]
FMA IA 27 Pulqui I prototype, the first jet designed and built in Latin America^[4]^[10]
FMA IA 33 Pulqui II prototype 5, first swept-wing jet fighter designed and built in Latin America^[4]^[11]
FMA IA 41 Urubú, flying wing glider designed by Reimar Horten^[4]
FMA IA 50 Guaraní II F-31 and LQ-JXY^[4]
FMA IA 53 Mamboretá^[4]
FMA IA 58 Pucará^[4]
FMA IA 63 Pampa EX-03 mock-up^[4]
Focke Wulf FW-44J, biplane trainer^[4]
Fokker F.27-600 T-42^[4]
Gloster Meteor F.4 I-041, ex-EE586^[4]^[12]
Grumman HU-16B Albatross^[4]
Hiller UH-12E^[4]
Hughes 369HE^[4]
Israeli Aircraft Industries Dagger^{[citation needed]}
Junkers Ju 52/3m (WNr.4043)^[4]^[13]^[14]^[15]
Latécoère XXV^[4] flown by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry for Aeroposta Argentina^{[citation needed]}
Max-Holste 1521 Broussard^[4]
Morane-Saulnier MS.502^[4]
Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris^[4]
North American F-86F Sabre^[4]
Percival Prentice T.1^[4]
Rockwell Aero Commander 500U^[4]
Vickers Viking 1B T-9^[4]^[16]
Wright Flyer replica^[4]

Rotary wing

Bell UH-1H^[4]
Boeing Chinook
Bolkow Bo 105
Cierva C.30 autogiro^[4]^[8]
Sikorsky S-55 helicopter, H-04^[4]
Sikorsky S-61R H-02 used by the Presidential flight^[4]^[17]

Engines

Napier Sabre IIA inline
Packard DR-980 radial diesel

Other

Other exhibits include:

Anasagasti car, used by the Argentine Air Force
Pampa tractor

Gallery

Aircraft displayed

Avro Lincoln B.2
Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan E-110
Bell 205 (UH-1) H-15
Boeing 737 LV-WTX
Bristol B170 Freighter
English Electric Canberra
Dinfia I.Ae.22DL
de Havilland Dove
DHC-2 Beaver
Douglas A-4P Skyhawk C-207
Douglas A-4C Skyhawk C-322
Douglas DC-3 TA-05
Fairchild 82D LV-FHZ
Swearingen Metro LQ-MLV
Farman replica
Fiat G-46-5B
FMA I.Ae. 27 Pulqui I prototype
FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II prototype 5
FMA IA 35 Huanquero
FMA IA 50 Guaraní II
FMA IA 53 Mamboretá
FMA IA 58 Pucará prototype AX-01
FMA IA63 Pampa prototype EX-03
Focke Wulf FW-44J Stieglitz
Fokker F.27 T-42
Gloster Meteor F.4
Grumman Albatross
Iriarte Ladrillo (experimental)
Latécoère 25
Lockheed Hercules C-130B TC-60
MBB Bo.105C
Mirage IIIC
Max Holste 1521 Broussard
Morane-Saulnier MS.502 Criquet
Morane-Saulnier Ms.760 Paris
NA F-86 Sabre
Percival Prentice T.1
Rockwell Aero Commander 500
Sikorsky S-55 H-04
Sikorsky S-61 H-02
Vickers Viking

Other objects displayed

Automobile Anasagasti, 1914
Packard DR-980 engine
Pampa tractor, 1952

References

Notes

^ "Una nueva aeronave para el MNA" [A new aircraft for the MNA]. Aeroespacio (in Spanish). Argentina: Fuerza Aerea Argentina (Argentine Air Force). 27 February 2013. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
^ MNA Website Archived 2010-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Individual History: Avro Lincoln B.2 RF398/8376M – Museum Accession Number 84/A/1182." Royal Air Force Museum, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap Cater & Caballero (IPMS Magazine May 2013)
^ "100 Años.....Celebración en Aeroparque". Museo Nacional de Aeronautica. 21 February 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
^ "Los mirage vuelan a su destino en el museo de Moron" La Nacion, 11 December 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
^ "El Canberra B 109 se ganó un lugar en el museo aeronáutico." La Nacion, 26 June 2000. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b FERNANDEZ VIVAS, Leandro. "Un millón de personas visitaron el Argentina Air Fest 2010". Rumbos Aeronauticos (Issue 18, Year 9) (in Spanish). Fuerza Aerea Argentina. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
^ Homewood, Steve. "FMA I.Ae.22DL, EA-701 / 728, Museo Nacional de Aeronautica (Argentina)". abpic.co.uk. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
^ Ogden 2008, p. 510.
^ Rivas 2008, p. 171.
^ Ogden 2008, p. 510
^ Cicalesi & Rivas, 2009. Page 36
^ Brea, Esteban (13 March 2012). "Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica: Más de medio siglo de preservación" [National Aeronautics Museum: More than half a century of preservation]. Gaceta Aeronautica (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2015.
^ Forsgren, Jan (2017). The Junkers Ju 52 Story. Fonthill Media. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
^ "Airframe Dossier - Vickers Viking 1B, s/n T-9 ARA, c/n 163, c/r LV-XET". Aerial Visuals. AerialVisuals.ca. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
^ "Airframe Dossier - Sikorsky S-61R, s/n H-02 FAA, c/n 61.763". Aerial Visuals. AerialVisuals.ca. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

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Cater, Phil; Caballero, Ricardo (May 2013). "The Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica Buenos Aires". IPMS Magazine. United Kingdom: International Plastic Modellers Society. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
Cicalesi, Juan Carlos; Rivas, Santiago (2009). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (ed.). Junkers F13 / W34 / K43 / Ju 52. Serie en Argentina (in Spanish). Vol. 3. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-20557-7-6. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
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Riega, Gilberto (March 1971). "A Buenos Aires, El Museo Nacional de Aeronautica de la Argentina" [At Buenos Aires, the Argentine National Museum of Aviation]. Le Album de Fanatique de l'Aviation (in French) (20): 16–17. ISSN 0757-4169.
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