Flugausstellung Hermeskeil
Aerial photograph of the museum | |
Established | 1973 |
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Location | Hermeskeil |
Type | Aviation museum |
Website | http://www.flugausstellung.de/ |
The Flugausstellung Hermeskeil is a private aviation museum in the town of Hermeskeil in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Opening in July 1973 in several buildings with a covered area of over 3,600 square metres, the museum today is home to over 100 civilian and military aircraft and helicopters displayed on a 76,000 square metre (18.8 acre) site. The museum is open from April to October.
Collection
The museum's collection includes:
- Alpha Jet
- Antonov An-26
- Bell 47
- Concorde- a wooden replica of pre-production aircraft F-WTSA, and serves as the museum's cafe
- de Havilland Comet
- Fairey Gannet
- Heinkel He 111
- Ilyushin Il-18
- Ilyushin Il-14
- Junkers Ju 52/3m
- Lockheed Super Constellation
- Mil Mi-6
- Messerschmitt Bf 108
- Nord 2501 Noratlas
- F-104 Starfighter
- McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
- Various MiGs including: MiG-15, MiG-17, MiG-21, MiG-23
- Vickers Viscount
- Vickers VC-10
- Tupolev TU-134
Location
Hermeskeil is on the Hunsrück Road near the Reinfeld exit of Bundesautobahn 1 (Koblenz towards Saarbrücken).
See also
References
This article's content is based on that from the corresponding article on the German Wikipedia.
External links
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- Museum Homepage (German)
Coordinates: 49°41′7″N 6°57′39″E / 49.68528°N 6.96083°E
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