Aeronautical Museum Belgrade
Музеј ваздухопловства-Београд
Muzej vazduhoplovstva-Beograd
View from outside
Established1957 (1957)
LocationSurčin, Belgrade, Serbia
Coordinates44°49′8″N 20°17′7″E / 44.81889°N 20.28528°E / 44.81889; 20.28528
TypeAviation museum
CuratorZoran Radojević
Websitewww.aeronauticalmuseum.com

The Aeronautical Museum Belgrade, formerly known as the Yugoslav Aeronautical Museum, is a museum located in Surčin, Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Founded in 1957, the museum is located adjacent to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. The current facility, designed by architect Ivan Štraus, was opened to the public on 21 May 1989.

History

In 1975 JAT, the national flag carrier, donated 48 a (52,000 sq ft) of land for the museum and the museum later purchased further 2.7 ha (6.7 acres).[1] Construction of the present building of the museum began in the mid-1970s. The construction work dragged on, so it was only in late 1988 that the setting of the first permanent exhibition began. The museum's new location was ceremonially opened on 21 May 1989.[2]

The museum owns over 200 aircraft previously operated by the Yugoslav Air Force (both royal and communist), Serbian Air Force, and others, as well as aircraft previously flown by several civil airliners and private flying clubs. It also owns the only known surviving example of the Fiat G.50.[3] The most valuable collections are housed in geodesic glass building, with additional aircraft displayed on the surrounding grounds.

The museum also displays the wreckage of a downed USAF F-117 Nighthawk and F-16 Fighting Falcon, both shot down during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999. In addition, the collection consists of more than 130 aviation engines, more radars, rockets, various aeronautical equipment, over 20,000 reference books and technical documentation as well as more than 200,000 photographs.

Collection

New 'Rocket and Radar' museum exhibition will be constructed.

Existing missiles and radars in museum:

Gliders

Aircraft Registration Serial number Note
DFS 30 Kranich YU-5014 161
DFS 66 Grunau Baby III YU-2113 151
DFS 68 Weihe YU-4073 443
DFS 68 Weihe YU-4089 492
DFS 68 Weihe YU-4093 491
DFS 70 Olympia Meise YU-4106 33
20.Maj Čavka YU-2227
20.Maj Ilindenka 1T YU-4108 3005
20.Maj Ilindenka 1T YU-4109 3006
FAJ Jastreb Košava 2 1
FAJ Jastreb Vuk-T (VTC-76) YU-4422 346
Ikarus Košava 60 YU-5022 1
Ikarus/Letov Orao IIc YU-4096 185
Ikarus Meteor 60 YU-4103 Prototype
ILZS Jastreb 54 YU-3056 251
VTRZ Jastreb Roda YU-5210 24
Letov Jastreb 54 YU-3029 195
Koser KB-3 Jadran YU-6001 104
LIBIS-17 YU-5069 319
SVC Čavka YU-2127
SVC Mačka YU-4107 3
SVC Vrabac A
Utva M/J1 YU-UTVA
VTC Cirrus HS-64D YU-5341 118
VTC Delfin II YU-4138 45
VTC Trener YU-4169 79

Helicopters

Aircraft Origin Registration Serial number Note
Hiller UH-12A  United States YU-HAB 143 under restoration
Kamov Ka-25PL  Soviet Union 11323 4912519
Kamov Ka-28PL  Soviet Union 11401
11402		 5235003720222
5235003720223
PZL Mi-2  Soviet Union/ Poland 12506 511103059
PZL Mi-2  Soviet Union/ Poland 12512
12513
12514
12515		 511110059
541307129
541327129
541309129
Mil Mi-4A  Soviet Union 12013 6103
Mil Mi-8T  Soviet Union 12208 0915
Westland WS-51 Dragonfly Mk.IB  United Kingdom 11503 WA/H/97
Sikorsky (SOKO) S-55-5  United States 11714 WA9-10-2319

Piston-engine aircraft

Aircraft Origin Registration Serial number Note
AAK BS-1 Student  Yugoslavia YU-CKK Prototype
ATZ CA-51  Yugoslavia YU-CMH
YU-CMK
ATZ V-55  Yugoslavia YU-CMR prototype
Boeing (Stearman) A.75N-1  United States YU-BAD 75-7614 ex-USN N2S-3 BuAer 37993, ex-N5115N
Boeing (Stearman) PT-17-75  United States YU-BAI 75-3047 ex-USAAF PT-17 s/n 41-25540, ex-N5536O???
Bücker Bü 133D-1 Jungmeister  Nazi Germany 9102 1069 ex-NDH 7706
de Havilland D.H.82A Tiger Moth  United Kingdom NM-150 86-470 ex YU-CHX/0902 (Morris built)
de Havilland D.H.104 Dove 2B  United Kingdom 72201 04432 ex YU-ABN/9751
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Mk.I  Canada 70101 587 ex 0672/672
Douglas DC-3C (C-47A-25-DK Skytrain)  United States YU-ABB
YU-ABG		 13713
14035/25480		 ex 42-93765
ex 43-48219, ex KG8030,exG-AHLX
Douglas C-47A-35-DK Skytrain  United States 71214 16472/33220 ex 44-76888, ex KN586, ex 7323
Fiat G.50 Freccia  Italy 8 249 ex-MM6197, ex-NDH 3505, awaiting restoration
Mraz K-65A Čap  Nazi Germany 9393 / YU-COE 91 (Fiesseler Fi 156 Storch)
Focke-Wulf Fw-190F-8/R1  Nazi Germany 3 930838
Grumman-Schweitzer G-164A/400  United States YU-BEU 498 ex N984X
Hawker Hurricane Mk.IVRP  United Kingdom LD975/O 41H/368368,20-925 ex 9593
Ikarus Aero 2BE  Kingdom of Yugoslavia 875 YU-CVB
Ikarus Kurir  Yugoslavia 50157 / YU-CCB 57
Ikarus Kurir-L  Yugoslavia 50200 / YU-CBD 100 with Lycoming engine
Ikarus S-49A  Yugoslavia 2319 301118
Ikarus S-49C  Yugoslavia 2400 50
Ikarus 214D  Yugoslavia 61019/YU-ABP 019
Ilyushin Il-2M3  Soviet Union 4154 308331
Ilyushin Il-14P  Soviet Union 71301 146001121 ex 7401
Yakovlev Yak-3  Soviet Union 2252 8545
Yakovlev Yak-9P  Soviet Union 2826 04-36
Amiot AAC.1 Toucan  France 7208 222 ex F-BBYB (French built Ju 52/3m)
Junkers Ju 87B-2  Germany 9801 0406 awaiting restoration
Letov Ljubljana KB-6 Matajur  Yugoslavia YU-CFD 177
Lisunov Li-3  Soviet Union 7011 18422308 Li-2 with C-47A engines
Lockheed P-38L-5-LO Lightning  United States 9751 422-6790 ex 44-25786, awaiting restoration
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2  Germany 9663 14792 ex Bulgarian Air Force
North American T-6G  United States FT152 168-503 ex50-1289
North American P-51D-5-NA  United States HL-L 109-26911 ex 44-13278, awaiting restoration
Nieuport XI C.1  France 12 27 ex F-WZBC, replica
Petlyakov Pe-2FT  Soviet Union 6054 18-426
Polikarpov Po-2  Soviet Union 0089 / YU-CNT 01021
Polikarpov Po-2V  Poland 0105 / YU-CNP 01096
Republic F-47D-40-RE Thunderbolt  United States 13056 5609 ex44-90464
Rogozarski R-100  Kingdom of Yugoslavia 9251 23 uncompleted
Sarić No I  Austria-Hungary I Replica of an aircraft built in 1909 by Ivan Sarić
Short SA.6 Sealand I  United Kingdom 0662 SH.1567 ex G-AKLS, ex YU-CFK
Soko 522  Yugoslavia 60132
60157
60204		 32
57
04
Soko J-20 Kraguj  Yugoslavia 30002
30101
30103
30104
30106
30107
30108
30109
30114
30135
30144
30145
30147
30148
30152
30155
30157
001
003
004
006
007
008
009
014
019
028
029
031
032
036
039
041		 Prototype





















UTVA Aero 3  Yugoslavia P
40186 / YU-CZA
86		 Prototype

UTVA 65S  Yugoslavia YU-BKI 736
UTVA 66  Yugoslavia 51001
51002
51145
51221

0854
0866		 Prototype
Prototype



UTVA 66H  Yugoslavia 52101
52102
52104		 0822
0823
0831
UTVA 213-3  Yugoslavia 1352 92
UTVA Lasta  Yugoslavia 54153 0 series
Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.Vc trop  United Kingdom JK808/B CBAF-4690,17-545 ex VF-H,ex 9489, RAF serial JK448
WSK-PZL M-18 Dromader  Poland YU-BMX 1Z-010-01 Incomplete
Zlín Z-XII  Czechoslovakia F-AQII 194
Zlín Z 526M  Czechoslovakia 41104 / YU-DIO 102
Zlín Z-37 Čmelák  Czechoslovakia YU-BGL 819
Zmaj Fizir FN  Kingdom of Yugoslavia V 9 exYU-CAY/9009
Zmaj Fizir FP-2  Kingdom of Yugoslavia 15 ex9308, incomplete
General Atomics RQ-1 Predator  United States wreckage

Jet aircraft

Aircraft Origin Registration Serial number Note
Boeing 727-2H9/Adv  United States YU-AKF (JAT) 21038 Currently stored at Jat Tehnika, waiting for restoration for display in Museum
Canadair CL-13 Sabre Mk.IV  United States/ Canada 11025
11054
11088
14102		 756
439
638
190-748		 ex 53-19856, ex XB955
ex 52-19539, ex XB636
ex 53-19738, ex XB875
ex 52-10023A
Folland Fo.141 Gnat F Mk.1  United Kingdom 11601 FL-14(G-39-8)
Ikarus 451  Yugoslavia 2 (prototype)
Ikarus 451M  Yugoslavia prototype
Ikarus Š 451-MM Matica  Yugoslavia 20001 Prototype
Ikarus T 451-MM Stršljen II  Yugoslavia 21002 Prototype
Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk  United States 82-806 Wreckage. Shot down on 27 March 1999
Lockheed T-33A-1-LO  United States 10024 580-8189 ex 52-9958
Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon  United States 88-550 Wreckage. Shot down on 2 May 1999
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F-13  Soviet Union 22532 741702
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21U  Soviet Union 22909 3416
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21PFM  Soviet Union 22735 8407
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21US  Soviet Union 22953 03685149
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21R  Soviet Union 26103
26105		 1707
1709
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21M  Soviet Union 22805
22818		 3007
3115
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UM  Soviet Union 16152
16158		 516979071
516995091
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis  Soviet Union 17402
17405
17409		 N75095222
75095251
75095293
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MLD  Soviet Union 23269 Sent from Iraq for upgrades, never returned. Moved to unknown location on 14 August 2009.
North American F-86D Sabre  United States
Republic F-84G-31-RE Thunderjet  United States 10501
10530
10525		 ex52-2936
ex 52-8435
ex 52-2939 (recon)
Soko J-21 Jastreb  Yugoslavia 24001
24115
24122
24126
24128
24130
24142
24145
24155
24156
24159
24208
24210
24213
24214
015
024
028
030
032
044
047
061
062
065
074
076
079
080		 Prototype


















Soko IJ-21 Jastreb  Yugoslavia 24401
24404
24405
24410
24415
24418
24421
24454
24456
24457		 001
004
005
010
015
018
021
034
036
037
Soko NJ-21 Jastreb  Yugoslavia 23502
23505
23506
23507
23511
23512		 005
008
009
010
012
014
Soko INJ-21 Jastreb  Yugoslavia 23513 015
Soko J-22 Orao  Yugoslavia 25001
25107
25120
007
045		 Prototype


Soko IJ-22 Orao  Yugoslavia 25719
25721
25723
25724		 019
021
023
024
Soko INJ-22 Orao  Yugoslavia 25606 006
Soko NJ-22 Orao  Yugoslavia 25505
25506
25509
25511		 014
015
018
020
Soko G-2 Galeb  Yugoslavia 23001
23108
23154
23156
108
154
156		 Prototype




Soko G-4 Super Galeb  Yugoslavia 23629
23636
23733		 009
016
065

Aircraft tail section
Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle  France YU-AHB (JAT) 135 ex F-WJAK

Other

Item Origin Registration Serial number Note
BGM-109 Tomahawk  United States Wreckage
Cossor C.R. 787  United Kingdom Radar
R-25 Vulkan  Yugoslavia SAM missile
Westinghouse AN/TPS-1D  United States Radar

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jovo Simišić (25 October 2017), "Čiji je Muzej vazduhoplovstva" [To whom belongs the Museum of aviation], Politika (in Serbian), p. 26
  2. ↑ Jelena Popadić (21 October 2017), "Zabrinutost zaposlenih u Muzeju vazduhoplovstva" [Worries of the employees in the Museum of the Aviation], Politika (in Serbian), p. 08
  3. ↑ Marinkovic, Vlado. "Air Museum." pbase.com, 11 September 2010. Retrieved: 9 September 2013.
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