Aeronautics and Astronautics Museum of Spain

Coordinates: 40°22′07″N 3°48′03″W / 40.368744°N 3.80085°W / 40.368744; -3.80085

Aeronautics and Astronautics Museum of Spain
Museo de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica
Established	Built in 1979
Location	Madrid
Type	Aviation museum
Public transit access	Line 10 (Madrid Metro)
Website	website

The Aeronautics and Astronautics Museum of Spain, in Spanish Museo de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica o Museo del Aire, is a aviation museum located in the outskirts of Madrid at Cuatro Vientos Airport, Spain. The museum was founded in 1981 and offers 6 exhibition galleries and it has 130 aircrafts on display. ^[1]

The museum facilities extend over a surface of more than 66,000 m² including outdoor displays and seven hangars. There are planes and helicopters on display, many of which have previously served in the Spanish Air Force. Visitors will also find hundreds of miniature aircraft models, uniforms, engines, weapons and many other aviation related objects.

This airfield was Spain’s first military airfield and opened as long ago as 1911. Famous aircraft on show include a Vilanova Acedo (special version from Blériot XI) built in 1911, the Jesús del Gran Poder (special version from Breguet 19) used on the transatlantic flight to Asia and America between 1928 and 1929, and the famous de Havilland Dragon Rapide used by Francisco Franco from the Canary Islands to Tétouan at the start of the military rebellion which began the Spanish Civil War in 1936. ^[2]

Visitors

• The entrance and camera usage fee: none, free admission.
• Timetable: Tuesday to Friday: 10 am to 14 pm. The museum is closed all Mondays and special days.

Ways to get there

There is no access from the airport to the museum, and this is surrounded by a confusing number of roads.

• By bus: It is better to take any of the Madrid-Alcorcón-Móstoles green buses of the BLAS company at Príncipe Pío station and ask the driver where to drop-off. Busses pass here frequently.
• Nearest metro (Madrid metro) and commuter rail (Cercanías Madrid) station: Line 10 (Madrid Metro). Cuatro Vientos Metro station falls a bit short from the museum, about 1 kilometre.
• By car: autovía A-5, 10,5 km. Parking is free in front of entrance to the Museum.

Aircraft exhibits

Source: Odgen 2009^[3]

The museum has over 150 aircraft exhibited in outdoor and indoor displays. Over 50 others are not on display, but can often be seen around the site.

List of selected aircraft on display (individual examples noted or illustrated in Wikimedia projects)

Designation	Displayed identity	Notes	Image
Aerotécnica AC-12	Z.2-6		commons
Aerotécnica AC-14	Z.4-06		commons
Boeing KC-97G	TK.1-03	'123-03'
Bolkow Bo.105LOH	HR.15-21	'ET-140'	commons
Breguet 19GR	-	'Cuatro Vientos'	commons
Breguet 19TR Bidon	72	'Jesus del Gran Poder'	commons
Bristol F.2B	B21
CASA 2.111E (Heinkel 111H)	T.8B-97	'462-04'
CASA 352L (Junkers Ju.52)	T.2B-211	'911-16'	commons
CASA C-101 Aviojet	XE.25-01		commons
CASA C-207 Azor	T.7-6	'405-15'	commons
CASA C-212 Aviocar	XT.12-1	'54-10'	commons
Caudron G.3	BC-6		commons
Cierva C.6	C.6-B		commons
Cierva C.19	EC-AIM		commons
Cierva C.30A	XVU.1-1
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina	DR.1-1
de Havilland Dragon Rapide	G-ACYR		commons
de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou	T.9-25		commons
Dornier Do 24T-3	HD.5-2	'58-2'	commons
Douglas C-47 Dakota	T.3-36	'721-9'
Farman 404	SF-002		commons
Fieseler Fi 156 Storch	L.16-23		commons
Grumman HU-16B	AD.1B-8
Heinkel 111E-3	B.2-82	'25-82'
Hispano HS-34	EC-AFJ
Hispano HA-1112K1L Tripala	C.4J-2		commons
Hispano HA-1112M1L Buchon	C.4K-158		commons
Hispano HA-200 Saeta	A.10C-104		commons
Lockheed F-104G Starfighter	C.8-15	'104-15'	commons
McDonnell F-4C Phantom II	C.12-37	'12-29'	commons
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17	42		commons
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21	22-26	E German AF	commons
Mil Mi-2	CCCP-23760	Icona '34'	commons
Nieuport IV	M.N.N.5
North American T-6G	E.16-90	'793-6'	commons
North American B-25J Mitchell	130338	'74-17'
North American F-86 Sabre	C.5-175	'1-175'	commons
Polikarpov I-15	CA-125		commons
Slingsby T.34 Sky	EC-RAT
Transavia PL-12 Airtruk	VH-TRQ		commons
Vilanova Acedo (Blériot XI)	-		commons
Westland Whirlwind 2	ZD.1B-22	'803-4'	commons

Gallery

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  The Vilanova Acedo built in 1911, is the most old aircraft in Spain.

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  Cuatro Vientos (replica), this aircraft flew in 1933 from Spain to Cuba.

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  Jesús del Gran Poder, historical spanish aircraft.

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  Farman 400 model used in the Spanish Civil War.

See also

• List of aircraft of the Spanish Air Force
• List of aerospace museums

References

1. ^ "Presentación del Museo del Aire". Spanish Air Force.  (Spanish)
2. ^ Alpert, Michael BBC History Magazine April 2002
3. ^ Ogden (2009)

Bibliography

• Ogden, Bob. (2009). Aviation Museums and Collections of Mainland Europe. Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd ISBN 0-85130-375-7

External links

• Museo del Aire, the official website (2011) (Spanish)
• Asociación Amigos del Museo del Aire, Spanish association (2011) (Spanish)
• Visit to Museo de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica (2009)
• aviationmuseum.eu: Museo del Aire (2010)