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The Ferihegy Aircraft Museum opened in 1993. The equipments shown there are managed by the Museum of Transportation, the complete material is managed by the professionals of the Museum of Transportation.

The museum was operated by the Management of the Airport, later by the Budapest Airport Zrt.

In June 2004 the operation of the museum was taken over by the Ferihegy Aircraft Memorial Park Foundation, that worked as a community organization .

The community objects of the foundation:

- scientific activity, research
- education, edification, cultural activity> - preserving cultural heritage

Our permanent objects concerning the community:

- introducing the Hungarian civic aviation for the public
- preserving the cultural values of Hungarian civic aviation

The visitors may see in the Ferihegy Aircraft Memorial Park:

- the most frequently used airplanes in Hungary are the Il-18, Tu-134, Tu-154, Jak-40, Il-14, An-2, Li-2, and a Mi-2 helicopter
- wide scale of unique air facilities and equipment
- The Tesla landing radar used in Ferihegy, the lights of the old airport and few units of planes

Separately in the framework of an exclusive program from 15 Mach until 30 November we organize visits to the airport to show the Ferihegy International Airport where the visitors may see:

- the land service of the airport
- the main buildings and rolling roads
- the necessary tools to run an airplane
and may experience the airplanes landing and taking off right above their heads.

Permanent exhibitions

The Airplane Tu-154

The plane arrived in Ferihegy, in Budapest on 24 November 1975 and was set to work right away. Since the B version arrived with an ICAO I standard, it was restructured during the first overhaul to be able to do ICAO II landings making it a type B-2 aircraft.

In January 1983 the business class on the plane was closed leaving the economy class with 143 seats. On 18 December 1991 due to a land event, the plane could not fly for some time.

The last time it flew to Heraklion on 31 July 1992. Afterwards, it stayed in the technological foreground for long. Owned by the Museum of Transportation, the plane was towed over to the Memorial Park on 24 September 1994. The plane spent 21554 hours in air, and landed 13803 times. Until 1993, 911 Tu-154 were manufactured. A few more of this type were however commissioned until 2000.

The Chopper Mi-2

The helicopter joined rescue work for the National Ambulance Services on 12 January 1980. The last flight it took was for the Székesfehérvár Ambulance Services on 14 August 1994. During this period, the helicopter took off 7732 times and spent 2841 hours in air .

The ambulance services could not afford the compulsory overhaul, so the helicopter was cast off. On 27 April 1999 it was towed over to the Memorial Park. Helicopters of this type have been used for civilian and military purposes in Hungary. ltogether 6800 helicopters of this kind were manufactured.

The Airplane Li-2

The Hungarian People’s Army acquired the plane with the number 206 on 27 March 1952. On 20 March 1957 the plane was passed on to Malév, however, with the military painting intact. The plane flew as a freighter aircraft with Malév.

The ashes of the first president of the Republic of Hungary, Mihály Károlyi, were transported back to Hungary with this particular aircraft in 1963. On 20 May 1964 Malév returned the plane to the army, and the civilian aircraft registration was removed from it. Until then, the plane landed 5863 times and spent 3829 hours in air.

In 1974 the plane was cast off and the Museum of Transportation took it over. The plane was renovated in 1980, and then it was moved to Farkas Hill to the filming of the movie ’Vádindítvány’. From there, it was replaced to the Ferihegy Airport Memorial Park on 13 July 1993 where the plane has been on display ever since. 5306 of this type of aircraft, including military and civilian versions, were manufactured.

The Airplane Tu-40

The plane arrived on 17 December 1975 on the order of the Air Traffic and Airport Directorate . In 1978 the complete S. TFIS 7701 air monitoring apparatus that fulfils the ICAO II category was installed. Later on it was expanded to category III and was used to check landing tracks, to calibrate ILS and other tasks. The first overhaul of the plane took place in 1980.

In 1987 the plane was repainted with the colours of Malév. The inscription ‘Flight Inspection Service’ was written under the windows. After changes at Malév in 1993, the plane was repainted to its present colours. It is still owned by the The aircraft successfully performed calibrations in neighbouring countries since the 1990s. The plane was kept in the technology forefront since the first part of the 1990s, but was moved to the Memorial Park in the spring of 2002. 1136 of this type of plane were manufactured until 1980.

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