The Naval Aviation Museum is a military museum

Military Museum

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 located in Bogmalo, 6km from Vasco da Gama, Goa

Vasco da Gama, Goa

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, India

India

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. This museum contains exhibits that show the evolution of India's Naval

Indian Navy

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 and Aviation

Indian Air Force

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 forces over the decades. The museum is divided into two main parts an outdoor exhibit and a two-storey indoor gallery.

Outdoor exhibit

The outdoor exhibit is a huge park that visitors can walk through and see decommissioned planes and helicopters. A few of these even date back to before the 1940s. A total of 12 aircraft are on display. Some of them are Sea Harrier, Hawker Sea Hawk

Hawker Sea Hawk

The Hawker Sea Hawk was a British single-seat jet fighter of the Fleet Air Arm , the air branch of the Royal Navy , built by Hawker Aircraft and its sister company, Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. Although its origins stemmed from earlier Hawker piston-engined fighters, the Sea Hawk became the...

, Breguet Alizé

Breguet Alizé

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, Short Sealand, Hughes

Hughes Aircraft

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, de Havilland Vampire

De Havilland Vampire

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, HAL Chetak

Aérospatiale Alouette III

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 and de Havilland Dove

De Havilland Dove

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. However, the main attraction of the outdoor exhibit is the Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation

Lockheed Constellation

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 borrowed by the Navy from the Indian Air Force.

Indoor gallery

Inside, visitors can read and learn about key battles the Indian Air and Naval forces have participated in. The indoor gallery is divided into special rooms designated for a certain topic. Some of them are 'armament', which show military weapons that are attached to submarines and ships; 'attire' which show the progression of the uniforms worm by the members of the Indian air and naval forces over the years, among many others. Also on display are many rare and vintage photographs and documents that show several important periods in Naval Aviation History from 1959 onwards. One gallery also holds massive replicas of the INS Vikrant

INS Vikrant

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 and INS Viraat

INS Viraat

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. Another gallery holds a variety of bombs, torpedoes, sensors and cannons used by the Indian Navy.

Museum information

Admission to the Naval Aviation Museum costs 20 Rupees for adults. Cameras are allowed, but would be charged separately.
The museum is open on all days from 10:00am - 5:00pm, except Monday when it is closed.