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Museu Aeroespacial 
Established 18 October 1976 Location Campo dos Afonsos, Brazil Type Aviation museum Website http://www.musal.aer.mil.br/ Museu Aeroespacial is a national aviation museum located 25 km west of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1]
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Address
Av. Marechal Fontenelle, 2000 - Campo dos Afonsos
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[1]
The following aircraft are on permanent display at the museum, some of them in flyable condition:
Designation FAB desig Identity Notes Aerotec Uirapuru T-23 PP-ZTT Beechcraft D17S Staggerwing UC-43 2778 Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan T-11 1371 Beechcraft D18S UC-45 2856 Bell 47J H-13J 8510 Bell 206 JetRanger VH-4 8571 Bensen B-8M PP-ZWR Gyrocopter Boeing-Stearman A75L3 K132 Bücker Bü 131D-2 Jungmann FAB 07 CAP-4 Paulistinha PP-TJR Caudron G.3 Cessna L-19 Bird Dog L-19E 3155 Cessna AT-17 Bobcat UC-78B 22 Cessna T-37 T-37C 0922 CNNA HL-6B PP-RHW Consolidated PBY Catalina C-10A 6527 (Canso A) Curtiss C-46A Commando C-46 2058 Curtiss Fledgling J-2 K-263 Curtiss P-40N P-40N 4064 Dassault Mirage IIIEBR F-103E 4913 DH.89 Dragon Rapide PP-VAN DH.82A Tiger Moth 12HI 105 De Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo C-115 2371 Douglas A-20K Havoc A-20K 6085 Douglas B-26 Invader A-26 5159 Douglas C-47 Skytrain C-47 2009 Douglas DC-3 PP-AVJ Aerovias Brasil Eipper Quicksilver MXL Microlight Embraer EMB-326 Xavante AT-26 4525 Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante YC-95 2130 Prototype Embraer (Aeritalia) AMX YA-1 4201 Prototype Fairchild 22-C7G PP-TBD Fairchild 24-W41 Forwarder UC-61A 2683 Fairchild PT-19 Cornell PT-19 0500 Fairchild PT-26 Cornell PT-26 0310 Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar C-119G 2305 Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 PP-EFN Focke-Wulf Fw 44 11AvN 161 Focke-Wulf Fw 58B-2 Weihe AT-Fw 1530 Fokker S.11 T-21 0789 Fokker S.12 T-22 0811 Fouga CM.170 Magister T-24 1720 Gloster Meteor F.8 F-8 4460 Gloster Meteor T.7 TF-7F 4309 Grumman G-44A Widgeon 14 Grumman HU-16 Albatross SA-16 6529 Grumman S-2A Tracker P-16A 7016 Grumman S-2E Tracker P-16E 7037 Hawker Siddeley 125 VU-93 2113 Hawker Siddeley 748 C-91 2504 Hendrich Kurt Hol's der Teufel Glider IPT-0 Bichinho II PT-KYL Lockheed F-80S Shooting Star F-80C 4201 Lockheed F-104S Starfighter MM6890 Aeronautica Militare (Italian AF) Lockheed P-2E Neptune P-2E 7010 Lockheed T-33A TF-33A 4364 Lockheed 18 Lodestar C-60A 2006 Lockheed 188 Electra PP-VJM Varig Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris C-41 2932 Muniz M-7 13 Neiva N-56 Paulistinha L-6 3095 Neiva Regente YL-42 3120 Neiva Regente L-42 3225 Neiva Universal YT-25 1830 Nieuport 21E1 N2102 North American B-25 Mitchell B-25J 5127 North American F-86K Sabre 0014 FA Venezolana North American T-6D Texan T-6D 1559 North American T-6D Texan T-6D 1617 North American T-28A Trojan N-703 Marinha Northrop F-5B F-5B 4800 Pilatus P-3 O-3 3182 Piper J3C-65 Cub PP-TUF Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 420339 Santos-Dumont 14-bis Replica Santos-Dumont Demoiselle Replica Stearman A-76 K210 Stinson SR-10E Reliant UCSR10 2653 Vickers Viscount VC-90 2101 Vultee BT-15 Valiant BT-15 1072 Waco CJC C66 Waco CPF-5 C80 Waco CSO F154 Waco RNF K162 Westland Wasp HAS.1 N-7039 Marinha Notes
References
- Ogden, Bob (2008). Aviation Museums and Collections of The Rest of the World. UK: Air-Britain. ISBN 9780851303949
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