The National Aeronautics Museum "Brigadier Edmundo Civati Bernasconi" (Spanish: 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.

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Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica
"Brigadier Edmundo Civati Bernasconi"

Main hall, with Gloster Meteor (foreground), Huanquero (background left), Focke Wulf 44 (background right), and Urubú (hanging from roof)
Established	January 13, 1960; 62 years ago (1960-01-13)
Location	Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Type	Aviation museum
Director	Vicecomodoro Walter Olmedo (2019)
Website	argentina.gob.ar/museomoron

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

Rotary wing

• Bell UH-1H[4]
• Boeing Chinook
• Bolkow Bo 105
• Cierva C.30 autogiro[4][8]
• 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

Aircraft displayed

• 
  Avro Lincoln B.2
• 
  Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan E-110
• 
  Bell 205 (UH-1) H-15
• 
  Boeing 737 LV-WTX
• 
  Bristol B170 Freighter
• 
  English Electric Canberra
• 
  Dinfia I.Ae.22DL
• 
  de Havilland Dove
• 
  DHC-2 Beaver
• 
  Douglas A-4P Skyhawk C-207
• 
  Douglas A-4C Skyhawk C-322
• 
  Douglas DC-3 TA-05
• 
  Fairchild 82D LV-FHZ
• 
  Swearingen Metro LQ-MLV
• 
  Farman replica
• 
  Fiat G-46-5B
• 
  FMA I.Ae. 27 Pulqui I prototype
• 
  FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II prototype 5
• 
  FMA IA 35 Huanquero
• 
  FMA IA 50 Guaraní II
• 
  FMA IA 53 Mamboretá
• 
  FMA IA 58 Pucará prototype AX-01
• 
  FMA IA63 Pampa prototype EX-03
• 
  Focke Wulf FW-44J Stieglitz
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  Fokker F.27 T-42
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  Gloster Meteor F.4
• 
  Grumman Albatross
• 
  Iriarte Ladrillo (experimental)
• 
  Latécoère 25
• 
  Lockheed Hercules C-130B TC-60
• 
  MBB Bo.105C
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  Mirage IIIC
• 
  Max Holste 1521 Broussard
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  Morane-Saulnier MS.502 Criquet
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  Morane-Saulnier Ms.760 Paris
• 
  NA F-86 Sabre
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  Percival Prentice T.1
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  Rockwell Aero Commander 500
• 
  Sikorsky S-55 H-04
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  Sikorsky S-61 H-02
• 
  Vickers Viking

Other objects displayed

• 
  Automobile Anasagasti, 1914
• 
  Packard DR-980 engine
• 
  Pampa tractor, 1952

See also

• List of aerospace museums

References

Notes

Sources

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• Cater, Phil; Caballero, Ricardo (May 2013). "The Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica Buenos Aires". IPMS Magazine. United Kingdom: International Plastic Modellers Society. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
• Cicalesi, Juan Carlos; Rivas, Santiago (2009). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (ed.). Junkers F13 / W34 / K43 / Ju 52. Serie en Argentina (in Spanish). Vol. 3. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 978-987-20557-7-6. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
• Ogden, Bob. Aviation Museums and Collections of the Rest of the World. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 2008. ISBN 978-0-85130-394-9.
• Riega, Gilberto (March 1971). "A Buenos Aires, El Museo Nacional de Aeronautica de la Argentina" [At Buenos Aires, the Argentine National Museum of Aviation]. Le Album de Fanatique de l'Aviation (in French) (20): 16–17. ISSN 0757-4169.
• Rivas, Santiago. "Pioneers & Prototypes: Pulqui, Pulqui II and IA-37/48." International Air Power Review, Issue 25, 2008, pp. 162–173. Westport, CT: AIRtime. ISSN 1473-9917.

Further reading

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

External links

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

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