Friday, August 26, 2011

HAL Heritage Centre and Aerospace Museum

HAL Heritage Centre and Aerospace Museum
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The HAL Heritage Centre and Aerospace Museum is the India’s second largest public aerospace museum, situated on the Airport Road of Bangalore. It was established in 2001 by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). It is a museum showcasing the history and achievements of HAL where one can get to see the actual models aircrafts, equipment for communication and navigation and other aerospace related items plus numerous photographs since 1940s. It has 10 aircrafts, 2 mock-ups and a dummy ATC (Air Traffic Controller) tower overlooking the airport where one can actually get a feel of its functioning. Models of satellite launch vehicles (GSLV, PSLV) are also there. You can visit the library, aero modeling club and a souvenir shop.

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