Chinese Aviation Museum

中?航空博物?
Established	1989
Location	Datangshan , Beijing , China
Type	Aviation museum
Website	zghkbwg.mil.cn chn-am.com (former)

The China Aviation Museum ( Chinese : 中?航空博物? ; pinyin : Zh?ngguo Hangk?ng Bowugu?n ) is an aviation museum located in Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the People's Liberation Army Air Force and co-sponsored by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China . The museum is a national first-class museum accredited by the National Cultural Heritage Administration . ^[1]

The China Aviation Museum was first opened to the public on 11 November 1989, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army Air Force. ^{[2] [3]} Part of the museum is located inside a cave in the side of Datangshan Mountain. The cavern was originally part of the tunnels and underground bunker system of Shahezhen Airbase , and is 586 metres (1,923 feet) long by 11 metres (36 feet) high by 40 metres (130 feet) wide. ^{[2] [3]}

Collection [ edit ]

There are more than 200 aircraft on display, with an emphasis on the Korean War and the Cold War . The collection includes many unique machines, including a 1903 Wright Flyer replica. ^{[2] [3]}

Aircraft on display include: ^{[2] [3]}

• Aerospatiale Alouette III helicopter
• Bell UH-1H Huey helicopter
• de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
• de Havilland Mosquito
• Douglas DC-8 -21 (N220RB) once used by ORBIS International for eye surgery from 1982 to 1994
• Fairchild PT-19
• Harbin Z-5
• Harbin/CHDRI Z-6
• Hawker Siddeley Trident
• Ilyushin Il-18V four-engine turbo-prop transport that was Mao Zedong's personal VIP aircraft
• Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik
• Lavochkin La-11
• Lenin biplane
• Lisunov Li-2
• Lockheed D-21 Mach 3+ reconnaissance drone
• Lockheed F-104 Ex Italian Air Force
• Martin RB-57D Canberra
• MiG-9
• MiG-17 fighter (Cut-away)
• MiG-23 Ex Egypt Air Force
• Mil Mi-4
• Mil Mi-8
• Mil Mi-24
• Nanchang A-5
• Nanchang CJ-5
• Nanchang CJ-6
• Nanchang J-12
• Nanjing Aviation College AD200 canard ultralight two seater student project sport aircraft
• North American P-51 Mustang
• North American F-86 Ex Pakistan Air Force
• Northrop F-5 E
• Northrop F-5 F
• Shenyang F-5
• Shenyang F-6
• Shenyang F-7
• Tachikawa Ki-55
• Tupolev Tu-2
• Tupolev Tu-124
• Vickers Viscount
• Yakovlev Yak-11
• Yakovlev Yak-17UTI
• Many bombs, guns and radar systems

See also [ edit ]

• List of aerospace museums

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chinese Aviation Museum .

• Chinese Aviation Museum homepage (in Chinese)
• Datangshan info and links

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