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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 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 IL-14

The IL-14 with the side number served the Russian Air Forces from 1957. From 1970 it served the PCs 226 Transport Company of the South Army Group. The last time it took off from the base airport in Kosice on 08 December 1897 and landed in Ferihegy, while the original military decoration was still on the plane. The airplane flied 5928 hours.

The airplane received as a present spent a lot of time aside until it was finally towed over to the Ferihegy Airplane Memorial Park in 1994. In consequence of a law banning emblems of despotism the red star had to be eliminated from the side, but the original paint is still on the bottom of the plane. Approximately 900 were manufactured of this type of airplane.

Airplane, Serving Vehicles

further exhibitions