Pragati Aerospace Museum

Pragati Aerospace Museum
Established August 2001 (2001-08)
Location Ozar, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India
Type Aerospace museum
SU-30MKI India

Pragati Aerospace Museum (also known as "Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Pragati Museum") is situated outside the town of Nashik in India. In August 2001, HAL opened this museum to showcase their technical achievements and commendable journey. The models of air-crafts manufactured by HAL are kept here for display. The models are mounted on pylons.[1]

Museum highlights

The aerospace museum is divided into two rooms. One room is showcasing pictorial history of HAL, including flight history, fighter plane technology, etc. And the other room contains some polished components of aircraft, mainly Sukhoi Su-30, Mig-21, and Mig-27.[2] Also a Mig-21's pilot helmet and flight suit dating from 1963 are displayed here.

MiG-21

References

  1. ↑ Nasik :: (2008-11-19). "HAL Pragati Museum". Warbirds of India. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  2. ↑ Share on Twitter (2015-10-18). "Refurbished HAL museum to be open to public in a fortnight - Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2016-07-24.

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