Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina explained

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National Aeronautics Museum Brigadier Edmundo Civati Bernasconi
Native Name:	Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica Brigadier Edmundo Civati Bernasconi
Director:	Vicecomodoro Walter Olmedo (2019)

The National Aeronautics Museum "Brigadier Edmundo Civati Bernasconi" (Spanish; Castilian: 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
• 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 under restoration)
• Farman HF.7^[4]
• Fiat G.46, post-war military trainer^[4]
• Hercules C-130B
• FMA IA 22 DL (c/n 728), trainer built by the Fabrica Militar de Aviones^{[4] [8]}
• FMA IA 27 Pulqui I prototype, the first jet designed and built in Latin America^{[4] [9]}
• FMA IA 33 Pulqui II prototype 5, first swept-wing jet fighter designed and built in Latin America^{[4] [10]}
• 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] [11]}
• Grumman HU-16B Albatross^[4]
• Hiller UH-12E^[4]
• Hughes 369HE^[4]
• Israeli Aircraft Industries Dagger
• Junkers Ju 52/3m (WNr.4043)^{[4] [12] [13] [14]}
• Latécoère XXV^[4] flown by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry for Aeroposta Argentina
• 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] [15]}
• Wright Flyer replica^[4]

Rotary wing

• Bell UH-1H^[4]
• Boeing Chinook
• Bolkow Bo 105
• Cierva C.30 autogiro^{[4] [16]}
• 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

Other objects displayed

See also

• List of aerospace museums

References

Sources

• Cater . Phil . Caballero . Ricardo . May 2013 . The Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica Buenos Aires . IPMS Magazine . United Kingdom . International Plastic Modellers Society . 27 April 2019.
• Book: Cicalesi . Juan Carlos . Rivas . Santiago . Junkers F13 / W34 / K43 / Ju 52 . 2009 . Jorge Felix . Núñez Padin . Fuerzas Aeronavales . Serie en Argentina . 3 . es . 978-987-20557-7-6 . Bahía Blanca, Argentina . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015924/http://www.fuerzasaeronavales.com/?product=libro-junkers-f13-w34k43-y-ju-52-serie-en-argentina-no3 . dead . 2015-09-24 . 2015-08-24 .
• Ogden, Bob. Aviation Museums and Collections of the Rest of the World. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 2008. .
• Riega. Gilberto. A Buenos Aires, El Museo Nacional de Aeronautica de la Argentina . Le Album de Fanatique de l'Aviation . March 1971 . 20. 16–17. 0757-4169. fr. At Buenos Aires, the Argentine National Museum of Aviation.
• Rivas, Santiago. "Pioneers & Prototypes: Pulqui, Pulqui II and IA-37/48." International Air Power Review, Issue 25, 2008, pp. 162–173. Westport, CT: AIRtime. .

Further reading

• Web site: Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica: Más de medio siglo de preservación . National Aeronautics Museum: More than half a century of preservation . 2012-03-13 . es . Gaceta Aeronautica . Esteban Brea . 4 June 2014.
• Book: Pavlovcic . Gabriel . Raczynski . Esteban . Los Clásicos en los Cielos del Cono Sur: Nuestro Legado, Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica . 2011 . Ediciones Argentinidad . Legacy . 2 . es . 9789872667108 . Buenos Aires, Argentina . 2015-08-29.
• Web site: La maduración del "Proyecto Morón" . 2006-10-26 . es . Pista18 . Esteban Brea . 9 July 2016.
• Web site: Río Cuarto: recuperarán un avión Junkers Ju 52 . 2016-02-25 . es . La Voz del Interior . Cordoba, Argentina . 15 May 2017.
• Book: Weissmann . Hilda . La ciudad se enseña . Ediciones Colihue SRL . es . 9789505816354 . Buenos Aires, Argentina . 2019-03-09.
• Web site: ASOCIACIÓN AMIGOS DEL MUSEO NACIONAL DE AERONÁUTICA . 2014-10-29 . es . ANAC . 13 March 2019.
• Web site: El Pulqui vuelve a sobrevolar la historia . The Pulqui overflies history again . 2001-10-08 . es . La Nacion . Buenos Aires, Argentina . 24 Apr 2019. (Article about Pulqui I restoration and history, and when the MNA reopened at Moron)

External links

• • Museum on Argentine Air Force (archived, 2 Jun 2008)
• Museum news official blog site
• pictorial

Notes and References

1. . 27 February 2013 . Una nueva aeronave para el MNA . A new aircraft for the MNA . es . Aeroespacio . Argentina . Fuerza Aerea Argentina (Argentine Air Force) . 2014-05-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140524041415/http://www.aeroespacio.com.ar/index.php/otras-noticias/121-una-nueva-aeronave-para-el-museo-nacional-de-aeron%C3%A1utica.html . 24 May 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
2. http://www.fuerzaaerea.mil.ar/historia/museo_salas.html MNA Website
3. http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/collections/84-A-1182-Avro-Lincoln-RF398.pdf "Individual History: Avro Lincoln B.2 RF398/8376M – Museum Accession Number 84/A/1182."
4. Cater & Caballero (IPMS Magazine May 2013)
5. Web site: 100 Años.....Celebración en Aeroparque. Museo Nacional de Aeronautica. 21 February 2010. 31 January 2022.
6. http://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201512/129720-aviones-mirage-fuerza-aerea-argentina-ultimo-vuelo-museo-moron.php "Los mirage vuelan a su destino en el museo de Moron"
7. http://www.lanacion.com.ar/22349-el-canberra-b-109-se-gano-un-lugar-en-el-museo-aeronautico "El Canberra B 109 se ganó un lugar en el museo aeronáutico."
8. Web site: FMA I.Ae.22DL, EA-701 / 728, Museo Nacional de Aeronautica (Argentina). Steve. Homewood. abpic.co.uk. 24 March 2019.
9. Ogden 2008, p. 510.
10. Rivas 2008, p. 171.
11. Ogden 2008, p. 510
12. Cicalesi & Rivas, 2009. Page 36
13. Web site: Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica: Más de medio siglo de preservación . National Aeronautics Museum: More than half a century of preservation . Brea . Esteban . 13 March 2012 . 29 August 2015 . Gaceta Aeronautica . es .
14. Book: Forsgren . Jan . The Junkers Ju 52 Story . 2017 . Fonthill Media . 2019-02-26 .
15. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Vickers Viking 1B, s/n T-9 ARA, c/n 163, c/r LV-XET. Aerial Visuals. AerialVisuals.ca. 6 June 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180425160331/http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=43581. 25 April 2018. dmy-all.
16. Web site: Un millón de personas visitaron el Argentina Air Fest 2010 . FERNANDEZ VIVAS . Leandro . es . Rumbos Aeronauticos (Issue 18, Year 9) . Fuerza Aerea Argentina . 2014-05-31 .
17. Web site: Airframe Dossier - Sikorsky S-61R, s/n H-02 FAA, c/n 61.763. Aerial Visuals. AerialVisuals.ca. 30 May 2017.