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IAF plans aerospace museum in Capital

Aircraft will be on display along with murals depicting the era of their operation; an area will be fully dedicated to cater to the children

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Aircraft will be on display along with murals depicting the era of their operation; an area will be fully dedicated to cater to the children
 
NEW DELHI: India will soon have a sprawling new Aerospace museum close to the international airport here focused mostly on country’s rich history in aviation. Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi laid the foundation stone on Thursday at the proposed site for the new museum, which would be built in the lines of aerospace museums around the world.
 
The Air Force says the new Aerospace museum is “meant not only to preserve the glorious tradition of the Indian Air Force but also to create awareness in general public about India’s rich Aerospace heritage.” The IAF believes that the museum would soon turn out to be a major tourist attraction and a landmark in New Delhi.
 
The IAF presently has a museum near the technical area of Air Force Station Palam, a few meters away from where heads of states are received and seen off. “Representatives and consultants from various world renowned museums including Salarjung and Victoria Museums were consulted,” the IAF spokesman said.
 
Spread over 43 acres the new Aerospace museum would have extensive indoor and outdoor displays, including huge aircraft parked and hung in flying altitude with mural depicting the era and atmosphere of its time of operation. A dedicated children’s area would be part of the museum where children could enter cockpits of display aircraft and familiarize themselves with the controls. A video arcade would also be created, the IAF spokesman said.
 
According to the plans, the indoor displays would have a history section, section on aviation legends, history of IAF Squadrons, major campaigns and battles fought by IAF and its peace time role. The museum would also have a souvenir shop.
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