Indian Air Force Museum, Palam
 Entrance to the Air Force Museum with a laser guided missile | |
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| Location | Palam, Delhi |
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| Type | Aviation museum |
The Indian Air Force Museum, Palam, is the museum of the Indian Air Force, and is located at the Palam Air Force Station in Delhi, India.[1] The museum was the only one of its kind in India until the opening of the Naval Aviation Museum in Goa in 1998 and HAL Aerospace Museum in Bangalore in 2001. It stores the rich history of IAF. It is actively managed by AVM Vikram Singh, a second generation test pilot, enthusiastically keen historian and an avid writer of war books.
Description[]
The Museum entrance features an indoor display gallery that contains historic photographs, memorabilia, uniforms and personal weapons of the Indian Air Force from its inception in 1932. The gallery leads to a hangar exhibiting small aircraft and Air Force inventory including anti-aircraft guns, vehicles and ordnance. Larger aircraft are exhibited outside the hangar. This outdoor gallery contains aircraft that also displays several war trophies, radar equipment and captured enemy vehicles.
The Vintage Aircraft Flight services some rare aircraft and maintains them in an airworthy condition. These aircraft are not open to the general public. Large transport aircraft are stored on the apron of the airbase due to lack of space. These aircraft are displayed only on the annual Air Force Day, October 8. The museum has a small souvenirs shop.[2][3]
Aircraft on display[]
Hangar[]
- Westland Lysander P-9160
- Westland Wapiti K-813
- Percival Prentice IV-3381
- Hawker Hunter A-476 in Thunderbolts colour scheme
- Hawker Hurricane II B AB-832
- Hawker Tempest II HA-623
- Yokosuka MXY-7 Okha I-13
- Supermarine Spitfire XVIII HS-986
- Dassault Mystere IVa IA-1329
- Dassault Ouragan IC-554
- De Havilland Vampire NF10 ID-606
- HAL Gnat II E-2015
- Sukhoi Su-7 BMK B-888
- MiG-21 FL C-992, C-2216
- HAL Krishak HAOP-27
- HAL HF-24 Marut D-1205
- PZL TS-11 Iskra W-1757, W-1758
- F-86 Sabre 606 in Pakistani colour scheme [4]
Outdoor Gallery[]
- BAE Canberra B(I)58 IF-907
- Consolidated B-24 Liberator J HE-924
- Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar IK-450
- Sikorsky S55C IZ-1590
- Mil Mi-4 BZ-900
- MiG-23MF SK434
- MiG-25R KP-355
HAL HF-24 Marut D-1205 on display
Vintage Aircraft Flight[]
- De Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth HU-512
- De Havilland Vampire FB52 IB-799
- Supermarine Spitfire VIII NH-631
- HAL Gnat II E-265
- HAL HT-2 IX-737
- North American Harvard HT-291
- Douglas C-47 IJ-302
- HAL HT-2 IX-732
Transport Aircraft Section[]
- Antonov An-12 BL-727
- De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou BM-774
- Douglas C-47 IJ-817
- Ilyushin Il-14 IL-860
- Tupolev Tu-124 V-644
See also[]
- Indira Gandhi International Airport
- List of aerospace museums
- Naval Aviation Museum (India)
References[]
- ^ "Preserving the glorious history of Air Force". The Hindu. 27 December 2007. Archived from the original on 29 December 2007.
- ^ "Indian Air Force Museum, Palam, Delhi". Bharat Rakshak. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ "Indian Air Force Museum, Palam, New Delhi". Global Aviation resource. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ "Ex-PAF Sabre goes on display at Indian Air Force Museum – Indian Defence Research Wing".
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Coordinates: 28°34′26″N 77°07′01″E / 28.57389°N 77.11694°E
- Air force museums
- Indian Air Force
- Museums in Delhi
- Military and war museums in India
- Aerospace museums in India