Hello all,
Last week my girlfriend and I were in Hungary. While she was on business, I went about the business of visiting the Aeropark museum at Budapest's Ferenc Liszt International Airport. The Aeropark collection consists of a dozen or so aircraft spanning the history of Malev, Hungary's national airline, which went out of business in 2012.
On the day I visited, a guide with quite servicable English was on hand and opened up most of the aircraft for cockpit tours. I very much enjoyed the visit and heartilly recommend it if you're passing through Budapest.
Here's a sampling of the collection:
One of two Antonov An-2 aircraft in the collection
A very well kept Ilyushin Il-14
A pair of Ilyushin Il-18s
A Lisunov Li-2
Yakovlev Yak-40
Tupolev Tu-134
Tupolev Tu-154
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Old Malev hardware on display in Budapest
Old Malev hardware on display in Budapest
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Re: Old Malev hardware on display in Budapest
what a super collection of aircraft and photographs - thanks for posting them.
business or aircraft museum? - I think you got the far better part of the deal
andy
business or aircraft museum? - I think you got the far better part of the deal
andy
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Re: Old Malev hardware on display in Budapest
Some good shots there...
I flew in and out of there a few years back, but didn't have the time to spare for a visit - wish I had of!
Dan
I flew in and out of there a few years back, but didn't have the time to spare for a visit - wish I had of!
Dan
Re: Old Malev hardware on display in Budapest
Thanks for the kind comments, it was definitely a very worthwhile place to visit.
I'd been meaning to visit Aeropark for a few years, so I'm glad I finally got out there this time. It was out third or fourth time in budapest.
I'd been meaning to visit Aeropark for a few years, so I'm glad I finally got out there this time. It was out third or fourth time in budapest.
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Re: Old Malev hardware on display in Budapest
Lovely stuff, thanks for posting.
Re: Old Malev hardware on display in Budapest
Thanks for posting the pictures. I was lucky enough to go there back in 2004. A lot of work done on them since then, not all were painted up then.
For the record back then -
An-2 HA-MHI, IL-18 HA-MOA, Lisunov Li-2 HA-LIQ, Tu134 HA-LBE, Tu154 HA-LCG, Yak 40 HA-YLR. The IL-14 was still in rough colours as 04 (red) Russian AF. There was also a Mil Mi-2 HA-BCB.
Well worth a visit for anyone passing through.
Pete
For the record back then -
An-2 HA-MHI, IL-18 HA-MOA, Lisunov Li-2 HA-LIQ, Tu134 HA-LBE, Tu154 HA-LCG, Yak 40 HA-YLR. The IL-14 was still in rough colours as 04 (red) Russian AF. There was also a Mil Mi-2 HA-BCB.
Well worth a visit for anyone passing through.
Pete
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