Aircraft Museum Kathmandu

Aircraft Museum Kathmandu is an aviation museum located in Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal.[1] The museum is inside an Airbus A330-300 of Turkish Airlines that only flew for about eight months before suffering a runway excursion at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu in March 2015.[2] It was established under a joint initiative by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal[3] and pilot Bed Upreti and his trust. This museum was officially opened to public on 28 November, 2017.[4] The museum's exhibits include the aircraft's original cockpit setting, model and miniature aircraft and items documenting the history of Nepalese aviation.[5] The museum is the second of its kind in Nepal, after Bed Upreti had already set up a similar, yet smaller aviation museum, the Aircraft Museum Dhangadhi in Dhangadhi in Western Nepal. The museum cost around NPRs 70 million.[6]

Aircraft Museum Kathmandu
Established5 November 2017
LocationSinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal
TypeAviation museum
Websitewww.nepalaviationmuseum.com

References
  1. "Aircraft Museum". nepalaviationmuseum.com. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  2. "Kathmandu gets first aviation museum". Inquirer. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  3. "Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal". www.caanepal.org.np (in Nepali). Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  4. "Aviation Museum of Kathmandu officially opens for public". www.aviationnepal.com. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  5. "AVIATION MUSEUM". Nepali Aviation Museum. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  6. "Knowledge Bank: Capital gets first aviation museum". The Kathmandu Post. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2018.

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