Aviation museum in Sao Paulo, Brazil
TAM Museum
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| Established
| 11 November 2006
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| Location
| Sao Carlos
, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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| Type
| Aviation museum
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The
TAM Museum
(
Portuguese
:
Museu TAM
), also known as the
Museu Asas de um Sonho
(Wings of a Dream Museum), is an aviation museum in the city of
Sao Carlos
, within the state of
State of Sao Paulo
, Brazil. The museum was located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) from central Sao Carlos and 250 kilometers (160 mi) from
Sao Paulo City
.
[1]
The museum was the creation of
Rolim Adolfo Amaro
, founder and president of
TAM Airlines
, and his brother
Joao Francisco Amaro
. The building is annexed to the TAM Airlines Technology Center at
Sao Carlos Airport
, in the district of Agua Vermelha in Sao Carlos.
[2]
History
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In 1996, after finishing the restoration work on a
Cessna 195
, brothers Rolim Adolfo Amaro and Joao Francisco Amaro decided to buy some classic aircraft, and keep them near Sao Paulo, in order to make them available for flights on weekends with friends. However, once purchased, it was realised that the small collection could become a museum representative of the memory of aviation and the world. The brothers then decided to create the "Museu Asas de um Sonho" (Wings of a Dream Museum), that was maintained by the Education Service and Culture, a non-profit association founded by TAM on 23 December 1991, to administer the social programs of the company.
In 2006, the museum opened with 32 aircraft and was intended to have more than 80 aircraft. The opening was part of the celebrations of 150 years of the city of Sao Carlos.
In July 2008 the museum was closed to visitors in order to allow a complete reorganization of its installations, which included an expansion of the covered space from 9.5 thousand square metres to over 20 thousand square metres. The grand re-opening occurred in June 2010 and among the collection of 90 airplanes, held the sole surviving
S.55
seaplane christened "Jahu", a
F4U Corsair
, a
Bf 109
, a
Dassault Mirage III
, a Brazilian aircraft
Neiva Regente
.
On January 29, 2016, TAM announced that the museum would be ceasing operations due to budget concerns.
[3]
Closure actually happened on February 2, 2016, and on May 18, 2018, it was announced that it would be relocated close to the Brazilian Aerospace Memorial at
Sao Jose dos Campos Airport
, near the
Embraer
plant, but this never happened.
[4]
On December 16, 2019, the president of the Brazilian Aviation Institute (IBA), Francisco Lyra, announced to an audience at the opening of the Sao Paulo Catarina business aviation airport that his next project would be to preserve the "Asas de um Sonho" aviation museum.
[5]
It was intended by the follower
Latam Airlines Group
to postpone the acerve to
Campo de Marte Airport
, which also never happened.
In March 2022, it was mistakenly reported that the museum pieces had been acquired by
Helisul
, an
air taxi
company, and would be displayed at the
Foz do Iguacu
Convention Center, however the company denied the purchase, not ruling out the possibility of a future partnership.
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[7]
Finally, in May 2023, the museum was reopened on the original location in Sao Carlos, but soon reclosed.
[8]
Unfortunate, Marcos Amaro, owner of Museum, could transfer its pieces to Itu.
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Aircraft exhibits
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- Source: Ogden
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The museum has more than 35 aircraft in a historical building measuring 450 metres long by 130 metres wide and 11 metres high. The exhibits planned to be accessible to visitors in 2010 were as follows:
Gallery
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See also
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References
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External links
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