Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina

The Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica (MNA) ( English: National Aeronautics Museum ) is a museum located in Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina, dedicated to the history of aviation, in particular the Argentine Air Force.

History [edit]

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, and in the 2000s was relocated to the Morón Airport and Air Base, site of Argentina's first international airport.

Collections [edit]

Aircraft on display include:

Latécoère XXV flown by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry for Aeroposta Argentina
Junkers Ju 52
FMA I.Ae. 22 DL built by the Fabrica Militar de Aviones
Fiat G.55
FMA I.Ae. 27 Pulqui I prototype, the first jet designed and built in South America
FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II prototype 5, first swept-wing jet fighter designed and built in South America
I.Ae. 41 Urubú flying wing designed by Reimar Horten
FMA IA 50 Guaraní II
North American F-86 Sabre
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
Sikorsky S-55 helicopter
Bell UH-1 Huey
Sikorsky S-61 used by the Presidential flight
Avro Lincoln
Gloster Meteor
FMA IA 58 Pucará
English Electric Canberra
Dassault Mirage III

Also included is an Anasagasti car, which was also used by the Argentine Air Force.

Facilities [edit]

The museum is divided between differents halls:^[1]

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 the Falklands 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.