Museu Aeroespacial

Museu Aeroespacial

Established	18 October 1976
Location	Campo dos Afonsos, Brazil
Type	Aviation museum
Website	www.musal.aer.mil.br

Museu Aeroespacial is a national aviation museum located in the West Side of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the Administrative Region of Realengo. The place is know as "the Brazilian Aviation cradle".

Address

Av. Marechal Fontenelle, 2000 - Campo dos Afonsos (Realengo), Rio de Janeiro/RJ

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

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	not on display Sept. 2012
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-46 Commando	C-46	2058
Curtiss Fledgling	J-2	K-263
Curtiss P-40N	P-40N	4064
Dassault Mirage IIIEBR	F-103E	4913
De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide		PP-VAN
De Havilland 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	frame on display carries AT-26-4462 Sept. 2012
Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante	YC-95	2130	Prototype
Aeritalia/Macchi/EMBRAER 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	not on display Sept. 2012
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar	C-119G	2305	not on public display Sept. 2012, can be seen in adjacent maintenance hangar
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	not on display Sept. 2012
Fokker S.12	T-22	0811	not on display Sept. 2012
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
S-2A Tracker	P-16A	7016
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), marked 9-51, Sept. 2012
Lockheed P-2E Neptune	P-2E	7010
Lockheed T-33 Shooting StarA	TF-33A	4364
Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar	C-60A	2006
Lockheed 188 Electra		PP-VJM	Varig
Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris	C-41	2932	carries C-41-2932, Sept. 2012
Muniz M-7		13	no marks, Sept. 2012
Neiva Paulistinha	L-6	3095
Neiva Regente	YL-42	3120
Neiva Regente	L-42	3225	not on display Sept. 2012
Neiva Universal	YT-25	1830
Nieuport 21E.1		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	not on display Sept. 2012
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-47 Thunderbolt		420339	marked 419662, Sept. 2012
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	no marks, Sept. 2012
Waco RNF		K162
Westland Wasp HAS.1		N-7039	Marinha
Also on site Sept. 2012: PT-ZJA EM140, PP-ZVB EM123, PP-ZTU glider, PP-ZDB IPT-16, PT-ZBN dismantled, VC96-2116 732, K162 biplane, AT26-4462, VU9-2654 Xingu, 5701 EMB314-ALX-super Tucano, 4634 Aermacchi MB326, U7A-2632 PA34, G-19-0151 EMB201 Ipanema, Lockheed Vega B-34/PV-1 no marks, 4904 Mirage 3, C-47 2015

See also

• List of aerospace museums

References

• Ogden, Bob (2008). Aviation Museums and Collections of The Rest of the World. UK: Air-Britain. ISBN 978-0-85130-394-9

External links

• Museu Aeroespacial website