Aviation Museums
and airworthy collections
Museo Del Aire
Spanish Museo de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica o Museo del Aire
Cuatro Vientos Airport, A-5, Km. 10,7, 28024 Madrid
Visits: 22/05/2016 and 07/07/2019
Based at Cuatro Vientos since 1975, the objective of the museum is to acquire, conserve and display the aircraft, equipment and associated paraphernalia that constitute the historical heritage of the Spanish Air Force. With 7 hangars and an exterior exhibition covering nearly 70,000m2, the museum houses aircraft, uniforms, medals and decorations, vehicles, mock-ups and other aviation-related displays. Following the end of the Spanish Civil War and the creation of the Air Force, the idea was conceived to create a museum that would reflect the evolution and history of Spanish aeronautics.
With over 200 aircraft on display the museum pages are split to show each hangar individually as follows
Room 1: early years of the history of aviation in Spain and the world
Room 2: Spanish Army settlements in North Africa, 1913
Room 3: historic flights
Houses collections of uniforms, engines, simulators, UAV's, bombs and other miscellaneous aviation equipment
houses a collection of smaller training school, liaison and combat aircraft, along with a wide array of engines
houses the exhibition of helicopters and gyros
Hangar 6
Hangar 7
houses a wide chronological exhibition of model aircraft
Reportedly stored / in restoration
Aerotecnica AC-12 Z.2-7 / 75-7
Bell Iroquois UH-1B HU.8B-9 / ET-205 (ex SpArmy) restoration
Bell Sioux OH-13H HE.7A-55 / 751-36
Bell Sioux TH-13T 67-17078 (ex USAR)
Dornier Do 24T-3 HD.5-2 / 58-2
Hispano Super Saeta HA.220 A.10C-106
Huarte-Mendicoa HM-1 B E.4-174
Hughes 269 C HE.20-12 / 78-41
Lockheed Shooting Star T 33A E.15-17 / 41-14 and E.15-38 / 41-26 (tail from E.15-12)
North American Texan SNJ-5 C.6-128 / 421-42
Northrop Freedom Fighter SF 5A A.9-051 / 23-29
Westland Whirlwind Srs.2 ZD.1B-19 / 803-1