Aviation Museums

Stuttgart Airport

An Hour of Avgeeking at Stuttgart Airport: Plane Spotting and Museum

The last stop on my six-flight journey to Slovakia to meet up with my dad before our trip to Africa was Stuttgart. Since I had over two hours between my Eurowings flight from London and Austrian flight to Vienna, I spent some time on the airport’s observation deck. Not having done much research beforehand, I […]

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National Aviation Museum of Korea: A Must-Visit When Traveling via Seoul Gimpo

On July 5, 2020, exactly a hundred years after the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea’s first pilots took off, South Korea’s first national museum dedicated to aviation, the National Aviation Museum of Korea opened its doors to the public next to Seoul Gimpo Airport. The museum, comprising of outdoor exhibits around and indoor

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Yak-40 in Kosice Aviation Museum

Kosice’s Museum of Aviation: The Final Resting Place of Slovakia’s Yak-40 and Tu-154

Kosice, Slovakia’s second-largest city is home to the country’s best-known aviation museum.  The city’s Museum of Aviation, or Letecke Muzeum Kosice as it’s known in Slovak, first opened its doors to the public in 2002 and is a branch of the Slovak Technical Museum. While most of the aircraft on display are military, there are

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787 Projection Mapping

Flight of Dreams: The Home of ZA001, the First Boeing 787 Test Plane

Significant amount of Boeing 787 components are being made in and around Aichi Prefecture in Japan. Because of that, in 2015, Boeing donated the first Boeing 787 test plane (ZA001) to the city of Nagoya. After sitting on the apron of Centrair airport for a couple of years, it found its new home in Flight

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Mitsubishi Regional Jet

MRJ Museum: A Peek into the Production of Mitsubishi SpaceJet

MRJ Museum near Nagoya Komaki airport combines several exhibits related to the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (now known as the SpaceJet) and a tour of its final assembly facility. Together with Boeing’s tour in Everett and Airbus’ tour in Toulouse, it’s one of the three publicly accessible airliner factory tours in the world. Access, Opening Hours

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Aviation Museum: Polish Army Museum (Warsaw, Poland)

Aviation Museum: Polish Army Museum (Warsaw, Poland)

Whether you are a civil aviation or military aviation enthusiast, if you find yourself with some spare time in Warsaw, Poland, you should consider visiting the Polish Army Museum which is just a short walk away from the capital’s city center. Since I had a long transfer in Warsaw while transferring between a LOT flight

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Aviation Museum: Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History (Brussels, Belgium)

Aviation Museum: Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History (Brussels, Belgium)

The Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels is, as its name suggests, mainly focused on military and not solely focused on aviation either. I still visited it during my long transit in Brussels the other day, though, as I wanted to see the ex-Sabena Sud Caravelle that is probably the

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Aviation Museum: Turkish Air Force Museum (Istanbul, Turkey)

Aviation Museum: Turkish Air Force Museum (Istanbul, Turkey)

Next in my series introducing aviation museums is the Turkish Air Force Museum (a.k.a. Istanbul Aviation Museum) in Istanbul. I had a chance to visit it during my long layover there last month. While vast majority of the aircraft displayed are military, there is still plenty to see even for an airliner fan. Getting There,

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