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Naval Aviation Museum

In October 1998 , the Naval Aviation Musuem was inaugurated and opened for general public. Located at the Bogmalai Beach near Dabolim, this musuem provided a rare glimpse of  the origins and evolution of Naval Aviation Wing. This was the Naval equivalent of the Indian Air Force Museum at Palam, though with a smaller collection of aircraft.

When it was opened, the Museum started off with a very modest collection of six aircraft but slowly built up its exhibits and today boasts twelve aircraft on its roster, making it the second largest Aviation Museum in India, a place it shares with the HAL Museum.

The place of pride in the Museum is obviously taken by the aircraft exhibits, of which there are twleve of them, from the Short Sealand to the Alize to the latest Sea Harrier.  The Museum also has on exhibit one of the largest aircraft on display, the Lockheed Super Constellation (IN315).

Photo Credits : Graham Tanner, B Harry, Kapil Chandni, Hans van Herk, Simon Watson, Jagan Pillarisetti

Naval Aviation Museum - An Overview An Overview
Shorts Sealand Mk II [IN106] 1953
Fairey Firefly [INS112] 1955
HAL HT-2 [BX748] 1956
De Havilland Vampire T-55 [IN149] 1957
Hawker Sea Hawk [IN234] 1959
Breguet Alize [IN202] 1961
De Havilland Dove [IN124] 1965
HAL Chetak [IN475] 1969
Westland Sea King [IN505] 1971
Hughes Hu300 [IN083] 1971
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation [IN315] 1976
BAe Sea Harrier FRS Mk 51 [IN621] 1983