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Defense Services Museum |
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Guido Bühlmann) |
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Guido Bühlmann) |
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Defense Services Museum
Naypyitaw
Zaya Thiri Township, Theik Chaung
9.00 to 16.00 h.
Monday closed. State holidays closed.
Tel.: 09 764964759 |
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Museum complex of superlatives |
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DeHavilland
Vampire Trainer T.55 (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
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around 2005 the construction of Naypyitaw, the new capital of Myanmar,
began, 300 kilometers north of Yangon. On an area of more than
7000 square kilometers, a new city was built with centers that are far
apart. These are connected with four-lane, directionally separated
motorways with hardly any traffic.Often you has the feeling that it is
somewhere in no man's land. At the end of 2011, with the help of China,
the new Naypyitaw International Airport was put into operation, which is
designed for 3.5 million passengers, but only a few planes land every
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Until the 1st April 1937, Burma,
now Myanmar, was part of British India. After the WWII, Burma, outside the
British Commonwealth, gained independence on 4tth January 1948. In 1955 the
Union of Burma Air Force was established with the help of the United
Kingdom. At the beginning, the equipment consisted mainly of aircraft from
the UK. Aircarft from France, the USA, Italy and Switzerland were later
used. From 1970 then fighter planes and trainers from China and at the
beginning of 2001 MiG-29 from Belarus into the inventory of the Myanmar Air
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Ayres Turbo-Trush (Picture courtesy
Guido Bühlmann) |
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Museum of the Air Force and Navy |
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The
Defense Services Museum in the new capital Naypyitaw of Myanmar, which was
not accessible to foreigners until a few years ago, the Air Force and Navy
have erected a monument and a museum complex was created that is probably
unique in its design and size. The North Korean Kim Jong-un, used to
monumental buildings, would go green with envy ...
After some difficulties and
problems it was possible to visit this museum. In the many halls, which are
connected by long covered corridors, a large selection of airplanes,
engines, instruments, uniforms, weapons and photos are presented.
There are no fewer than 33 aircraft and helicopters on the open-air site,
all of which are in very good condition. From the Spitfire to the F7
(MiG-21), from the Percival Provost to the Pilatus PC-7 / PC-9 and from the
Douglas C-47 to the Fokker F-227, to name just a few, are exactly lined up
on the shelves . Thanks to the Air Force that many types of aircraft from
the early days of the Burmese Air Force have been kept in order to be able
to exhibit them in the new museum in Naypyitaw. It takes a day to see and
photograph everything, and the long distances, probably a few kilometers,
have to be covered. |
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(Picture courtesy
Guido Bühlmann) |
Flightline (Picture courtesy
Guido Bühlmann) |
Piasecki H-21
Shawnee (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Kaman H-43
Huskie (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
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PZL W-3 (Picture courtesy
Guido Bühlmann) |
Sudest Alouette
III (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Lockheed T-33A
Shooting Star (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Pilatus PC-9 (Picture courtesy
Guido Bühlmann) |
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Pilatus PC-7 (Picture courtesy
Guido Bühlmann) 0 |
Hunting Provost (Picture courtesy
Guido Bühlmann) |
Britisch Fighter (Picture courtesy
Guido Bühlmann) |
Nanchang CJ-6 (Picture courtesy
Guido Bühlmann) |
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Supermarine
Spitfire (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Supermarine
Seafire XV (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Hawker Sea Fury
FB.11 (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
MiG-21 Fishbed (Picture courtesy
Guido Bühlmann) |
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Nanchang A-5 &
Mig-19 (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Nanchang A-5 (Picture courtesy
Guido Bühlmann) |
Shenyang J-6
Farmer (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
De Havilland
Canada DHC-3 Otter (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
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Beech C-45
Expeditor (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Douglas C-47A
Sykytrain (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Douglas C-47A
Sykytrain (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
Fokker-F-27
Friendship (Picture courtesy Guido Bühlmann) |
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