Aviation Museums
and airworthy collections
Royal Thai Air Force Museum
171 / 733 Phahonyothin Rd, Khlong Thanon, Sai Mai, Bangkok 10220
Date of visit: 24th December 2019
Established 1952, the museum displays, preserves and restores aircraft and other aviation equipment used by the Royal Thai Air Force.
This museum was undergoing refurbishment during this visit and some aircraft were either covered or moved outside.
Building 1
(partially closed during visit)Entrance
(undergoing refurbishment)Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter
ex 69-7110, RoCAF 1275, c/n N-6476 (displayed as 69159 / 1311 in entrance)
Section 1
(closed off for refurbishment)Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat
Kh15-178 (98 / 4312)
Breguet III
Replica
Lockheed T-33A
F11-23/13 (640 / 1132)
Vought V.93S Corsair
Unknown
Nieuport IIN
Replica
Curtiss 68B Hawk III
Unknown
Modern Fighter section
General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon
79-0324 / '10200'
Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter
Kh18-13/17 / '70143 / 38371'
Northrop F-5B Freedom Fighter
Kh18k-1/09 / '70101 / 38438'
Saab JAS39C Gripen
ex- Swedish Air Force 39178 (70100 not flown with RTAF)
Building 2
Aero L-39ZA/ART
KhF1-40/40 / '40115'
Boeing P-12E
unmarked
Curtiss Hawk 75N
unmarked
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis
VPAF 5202
Nihon Kogata Hato elementary glider
unmarked
Nihon Kogata Tobi primary glider
unmarked
Tachikawa Ki-55 'Ida'
unmarked
Building 4
Undergoing refurbishment
Fairchild AU-23A Peacemaker
unmarked
RTAF-6
1st prototype
Trainer simulators
Building 5
Rotary / UAV
Bell 206B-3 Jet Ranger
H8-01/38 / '01'
Bell UH-1N Iroquois
H6k-1/19
Bell OH-13H Sioux
Thai Army H7-9/15 / '6228'
Hiller UH-12B Raven
H2k-4/96 / '4'
Kaman HH-43B Huskie
H5-2/05 / ‘6321’
Kawasaki KH-4
cn 2040
Nieuport 17
small-scale replica
PDQ-2 Microlight-2
unmarked
Sikorsky S-55 Chickasaw
H3-3/97 / ‘6313’
Sikorsky S-58T
H4k-64/30 / '20117'
Sikorsky UH-34D Choctaw
unmarked (previous '150556')
Sikorsky YH-5A
H1k-1/96
Westland S-51A Dragonfly
H1-4/96 (ex G-AMJW)
CyberEye Lite UAV
CyberEye II UAV
Meggitt Snipe Mk.4 Target Drone
Lear-Siegler-BAe Systems Skyeye R4E-30 UAV
External exhibits
Aeritalia G-222
L14-6/39 / ‘60312'
Beechcraft Bonanza 35
unmarked
Beechcraft C-45F Expeditor
L1-5/90
Boeing 737-2Z6
L11-1/26 / 22-222
Breguet 14P
replica
Cessna A-37B Dragonfly
J6-12/15 / ‘21132’
Cessna A-37B Dragonfly
J6-13/15 / ‘21133’
Cessna O-1A Bird Dog
T2-27/15 / 2604 / ‘60406’
Cessna O-1E Bird Dog
T2-29/15 / 2507 / ‘60415’
Cessna T-37B Tweety
F12-09/13 / ‘RR.09-13’ / ‘09’
Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver
J3-4/94
Dassault Dornier Alpha Jet A
J7-19/44 / '23144'
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
unmarked (ex G-AMGB)
de Havilland DHC-1B-2 Chipmunk
F9-5/93
de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk T.20
F9.24/95 / '24'
Douglas A-1J Skyraider
unmarked
Douglas C-47A Dakota
L2-39/15 / 547
L2-6/90 / 100536
Fairchild C-123B Provider
L4-6/07 / '555'
Fairchild F-24J
unmarked
Fairey Firefly FR.I
J4-11/94
GAF N22B Nomad
L9-4/25 / ‘122’
Grumman Widgeon G44A
unmarked
Helio U-10B Courier
63-8103 / ‘7135’
Hawker Siddeley AV-8A (S) Matador
161178 / '3109'
Hawker Siddeley HS748
L5.1 / '60301'
IAI Arava 201
TL7-1/22 / ‘40204’
LTV A-7E Corsair II
RTN 1411 / 160563
Lockheed RT-33 Shooting Star
TF11-8/13 / ‘56142’
NZAI CT/4A
F16.20/18 / ‘60422’
North American F-86F Sabre
Kh17-10/04 / 5060 / ‘4322’
North American F-86F Sabre
Kh17-42/06
North American F-86L Sabre
Kh17k-5/06 / 30681 / ‘1215’
North American OV-10C Bronco
J5-10/14 / 158405 / ‘41110’
North American T-6F Texan
F8-99/94 / ‘2244’
North American T-6G Texan
unmarked
North American T-28D-10 Trojan
JF13-106/14 / O-37661
Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter
registration not shown
Northrop F-5T Tigris
Kh18Kh-19/24 / '21119 / 91682'
Northrop F-5T Tigris
Kh18Kh-34/24 / '21134 / 91707' (converted F-5E)
Pazmany PL2
PL-2
Percival P.54 Survey Prince Series 3A
T1-1/98
Pilatus PC-9
F19.06
Piper L-4J
S3-4/90 / ‘4’
RFB Fantrainer 400
F18-01/27 / ‘4001’
RFB Fantrainer 600
F18k-15/32 / ‘40226’
RTAF-2
ThOr-2
RTAF-4 Chantra
F17-3/17
RTAF-5
TOr-5
RTAF-6
2nd prototype
RTAF Paribatra
¾ scale replica
SIAI SF-260B/MT
F15-8/17 / RR.08-17 / ‘08’
Stinson L-5B Sentinel
S4-10/90 / ‘บล.302’
Supermarine Spitfire XIV
Kh14-1/93
Swearingen Merlin SA226AT IVC
TL6-1/22 / '60501'
Storage / Paint shop
Cessna T-37C Tweety
F12-12/13 / ‘12’
Lockheed RT-33 Shooting Star
TF11-5/10 / ‘56141’
RFB Fantrainer 400
F18-12/xx / ‘12’ cn.32; F18-14/xx / ‘14’ cn.35; F18-15/xx / ‘15’ cn.34; F18-12/xx / ‘16’ cn.37; F18-xx/xx / ‘??’ cn.41
Republic F-84G Thunderjet
Kh16-06/99
RTAF Paribatra
¾ scale replica
Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter
registration not known