{"id":248,"date":"2016-04-07T21:44:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T18:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:9000\/en\/?page_id=248"},"modified":"2019-01-09T12:27:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T10:27:26","slug":"about-the-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lennundusmuuseum.ee\/en\/about-the-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"About the museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aviation Museum is characterized by its expressive subdivisions. The largest and most important is the outside exposition \u2013 aviation technique department, which includes 26 aircrafts and 4 helicopters. Here are the fighters Saab JA 37 Viggen, Mirage IIIRS, MiG-21bis, MiG-23 MLD, MiG-25, F-104 Starfighter, Saab 35 Draken, a bomber Su-24, attack-fighters\u00a0JAK-28PP, Su-22M4, Saab J32E Lansen, F-4 Phantom II, Harrier GR3, \u00a0training aircrafts TS-11 Iskra, L-29 Delfin, Aero L-39 Albatross, Hawk HW-326, A-22, passenger aircrafts An-2, JAK-40, Tu-134A, L-410\u00a0and helicopters Mil Mi-2RL, Mil Mi-8, S-300, Ka-26.<\/p>\n<p>In the inside exposition aviation technique and launchers kit collection on the 450 m<sup>2 <\/sup>exhibition space there are over 400 high-quality\u00a0models of the aircrafts essential from the point of view of the aviation history. In the naval aviation department one can see the models of aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships and naval aviation aircrafts, the engines department shows various aircraft engines. In the outside air defense department there are anti-aircraft guns and the representatives of all surface-to-air missiles that were located on the Estonian territory during the Soviet occupation.<br \/>\nFor visitors sportive and ohter pleasure there are such attractions in the museum as trampolines, 20m-high-jump catapult, simulators of American mountains, piloting and parachute jumping.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"gallery\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lennundusmuuseum.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ELM.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-large=\"https:\/\/www.lennundusmuuseum.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ELM-1200x800.jpg\" data-title=\"\" data-excerpt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lennundusmuuseum.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ELM-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lennundusmuuseum.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1ph2j8pz37avf1npk1fc.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-large=\"https:\/\/www.lennundusmuuseum.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1ph2j8pz37avf1npk1fc-1198x800.jpg\" data-title=\"\" data-excerpt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lennundusmuuseum.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1ph2j8pz37avf1npk1fc-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lennundusmuuseum.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cunynbzk_x1h.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" data-large=\"https:\/\/www.lennundusmuuseum.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cunynbzk_x1h-1200x800.jpg\" data-title=\"\" data-excerpt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lennundusmuuseum.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cunynbzk_x1h-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h2>Background:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1903 &#8211; the first motor plane flight in the human history is performed.\u00a0 Interest of the Estonian people in aviation matters has been born.<\/li>\n<li>1908 \u2013 the first aeroclubs and airflight courses are organised in Estonia.<\/li>\n<li>1912 \u2013 S. Utotshkin performs the first motor plane demo flight in Estonia.<\/li>\n<li>1918 \u2013 the birth year of the Estonian Air Force.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the eve of the 2<sup>nd <\/sup>World War the Estonian Air Force \u00a0has \u00a065 aircrafts.<\/p>\n<p>After the invasion to Estonia<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the Soviet Military Forces commandeer all\u00a0Estonian aircrafts, take them to the Soviet Union or demolish them<\/li>\n<li>any kind of Estonian aviation unit is \u00a0abolished and\/or liquidated<\/li>\n<li>in addition to\u00a0the other 1565 Soviet military objects established on the Estonian territory, the second largest Eastern European military airport is built on the former Tartu Raadi Airfield.<\/li>\n<li>on this military airfield, at only 2 km distance from Tartu city centre, group\u00a0take-offs of strategic nuclear bombers, including the notorious Soviet Tu-22M \u201eBackfire\u201c bombers,\u00a0take place.<\/li>\n<li>Tartu, the second largest\u00a0city of Estonia and an oldest university town in Europe, is declared a closed\u00a0city to foreigners for the next<br \/>\n50 years!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A symbolic fact &#8211; in December 1999\u00a0 it is Tartu where the Aviation Museum is founded and on June 14, 2002 its first exposition is opened.\u00a0The\u00a0mission of founding the museum is not so much concentrating on the history than providing an aviation-based knowledge to young people interested in this field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aviation Museum is characterized by its expressive subdivisions. The largest and most important is the outside exposition \u2013 aviation technique department, which includes 26 aircrafts and 4 helicopters. Here are the fighters Saab JA 37 Viggen, Mirage IIIRS, MiG-21bis, MiG-23 MLD, MiG-25, F-104 Starfighter, Saab 35 Draken, a bomber Su-24, attack-fighters\u00a0JAK-28PP, Su-22M4, Saab J32E Lansen,&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lennundusmuuseum.ee\/en\/about-the-museum\/\" title=\"Read About the museum\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-248","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lennundusmuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lennundusmuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lennundusmuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lennundusmuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lennundusmuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.lennundusmuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7140,"href":"https:\/\/www.lennundusmuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248\/revisions\/7140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lennundusmuuseum.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}