Múzeum Letectva in Košice, Slovakia. The museum collections include a wide variety of heavier-than-air aircraft, aircraft engines and other technical accessories from various eras of aviation, with a focus on Slovak and European aviation history. Aircraft are displayed both indoors and in open-air displays on the museum’s grounds. As of 2014, the collections include over 60 types of civilian and military aircraft from various periods and countries of origin, sans larger airliners.
Múzeum Letectva Košice
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+421 55/683 22 72
April – November
- Tuesday – Sunday 10:00 – 17:00
December – March
- Tuesday – Sunday 9:00 – 15:00
Admission fee
Gift shop
Aircraft collection
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Aero L-29 Delfin Aero L-39V Albatros AeroSpool ST3 Aerospatiale Alouette 2 Antonov An-2P Avia 14T Avia BH.11 Avia B-534 (replica) Barus J-1B Bell UH-1M Iroquois Dassault Mirage 3E Dassault Mirage 3RS Deperdussin Monocoque (replica) IAR IAR-93A Vultur Ilyushin Av-14T Ilyushin IL-18D Let L-13 Blanik Let Z-37 Cmelak Lockheed F-104S-ASA-M Starfighter McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II Messerschmitt Bf.109G-14/AS Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15bis Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15bisSB Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21F-13 Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MA Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MA Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MA Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MF Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MF Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MF Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MF Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21R Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21R Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21UM Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21UM Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-23UB Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-29 Mil Mi-2 Mil Mi-2 Mil Mi-2 Mil Mi-4 Mil Mi-8PS Mil Mi-24D Moravan HC-102 Heli Baby Nanchang Q-5 Northrop AT-38B Talon Northrop NF-5A Freedom Fighter Polikarpov Po-2 PZL-Mielec TS-11 Iskra Rubik R-26S Góbé SAAB 35Ö Draken SAAB AJSF37 Vigen Santos-Dumont XX Demoiselle No.21 Spad XIII (replica) Sukhoi Su-15TM Sukhoi Su-22M-3 Sukhoi Su-22M-4 Sukhoi Su-22M-4 Sukhoi Su-25K Zlin Z-37A Cmelak |
The three main exhibits of the Múzeum Letectva Košice are displayed in three interconnected exhibition halls. They consist of collections pertaining to the development of aviation in Europe, Czechoslovakia and Slovakia until the end of World War II (i.e. the pre-jet era), the development of aviation in Czechoslovakia during the Cold War (jet era, 1950s domestic helicopter developments), and the development of aviation elsewhere in Europe during the Cold War, in that order. The aircraft inventory of the third exhibition consists largely of decommissioned military jet aircraft donated by the governments and militaries of various European countries and the United States. Due to the donations commonly being addressed to a current Slovak president, the exhibit is often dubbed “The Presidential Aircraft Gallery”.
The Múzeum Letectva Košice‘s collection of former Slovak Air Force aircraft is one of the largest in the country. Several of the decommissioned aircraft are kept in storage, awaiting restoration work.
Smaller side exhibits focus on aviation-related technological accessories (mostly from the jet age), sports aviation history and related topics, and model aircraft displays.
Key Features of the Múzeum Letectva Košice:
Aircraft Collection:
- Historic Aircraft:
- Aero L-29 Delfín: A jet trainer widely used in the Eastern Bloc.
- Aero L-39 Albatros: A versatile jet trainer and light attack aircraft.
- Early gliders and propeller-driven aircraft reflecting the early days of aviation in Slovakia.
- World War II Aircraft:
- Aircraft used by the Axis and Allied forces, including components of planes like the Messerschmitt Bf 109.
- Cold War Era and Modern Aircraft:
- Fighters, bombers, and training aircraft from the Cold War, including MiG-15, MiG-21, and MiG-29.
- Helicopters, including the Mil Mi-2 and Mil Mi-8, used for military and civilian purposes.
- Civil Aviation:
- A section dedicated to commercial and civilian aircraft that were significant in Slovak and Czechoslovak aviation history.
Aviation Engines and Technology:
- A large collection of piston, jet, and turboprop engines, demonstrating the evolution of aircraft propulsion systems.
- Displays on avionics and navigation equipment used in different eras of flight.
Interactive and Thematic Exhibits:
- Slovak Aviation History:
- Exhibits detailing the contributions of Slovak pilots and engineers to aviation, including their role in World War II and the development of local aviation industries.
The Museum of Aviation managed by the Slovak Technical Museum in Košice was opened in August 2003. It is situated in he area of the international airport at Košice. It houses older aviation technologies consisting especially of a precious collection of aircraft engines, measurement equipments and navigation instruments used in the airplanes. A special and the most important group of the exhibition presents the collections of the original aircrafts. They are mainly warplanes of following types: MIG-15, MIG-21, helicopters, fighter bomber SU-22, fighter SU-15 TM, an agricultural Z-37 A called “Bumblebee”, glider VT 116 Orlík, sailplane (ultralight)Mitchel B-10, with total number of 18 original aircrafts.
24 historical aircraft engines are placed in the permanent exhibition starting with 1915/16 up to the recent modern jet engines R 13 F 2 S-300. The permanent exhibition is completed with airplane models, models of the historical airplanes at about 50 peaces. The whole collection is devided into several parts: The Aviation beginnings in their Historical Development, The First Pracical Aviation Beginnings and their Development and That Onein Slovakia (the attempts with imitation of flying of the birds by monk Cyprián Jajsge), The First Balooning Records, The Experiments How to Construct Aeroplans, The First Demonstration Flys, The Aviation Pioneers in Slovakia
Photos Ruud Boots