HAL Aerospace museum is the second largest public aviation museum in the country. It has ten aircraft and two mockups. It is situated on the Airport Road at Bangalore. It was established in 2001. It displays aircraft models, photographs, fighter planes and helicopters. The photo gallery of the museum contains pictures of Vengeance bombers under construction in the 40s, Dakotas being overhauled, Tempests, Devons, Vampires, Gnats, and Maruts under construction in the 60s. An air control building is also available in the museum.
Models of GSLV and PSLV Satellite launch vehicles are also exhibited. The Museum also houses a small souvenir shop that sells mementos, postcards and posters. There are also aircraft simulators, air traffic control towers and an aero-modeling club.
Heritage centre, at HAL automatically finds its place in the tourism map of Karnataka.
One will be astonished by the magnificent aircraft on static display at the Museum. The view of the runway from the Heritage Centre ATC has a wide angle effect and shows the entire stretch of runway.
A visit once here will tempt one to visit again.
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