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The museum was founded in 1968 in the premises of the historic air force airport in Prague - Kbely, which was the first air-base built after the formation of Czechoslovakia in 1918. As for the quantity and quality of collections, the museum ranks among the largest museums of aviation in Europe. The museum exhibition is devoted to the close history of Czechoslovak and Czech aviation, especially Air Force. The selected types of world-well-known aeroplanes are exhibited for comparison purposes and in addition, a great number of aircraft engines, parts of airframes, armament, equipment, uniforms, flags, badges and other relics referring to the history of Czechoslovak and Czech aviation are on exhibition.

At present the collections contain 275 airplanes, of that 85 are arranged in four hangars and the rest is exhibited outside on taxiways. Each hanger houses a particular period - Hanger A - pre 1939 aircraft, Hanger B - Second World War aircraft, Hanger C - Czech aircraft since 1945 and Hanger D - sport/acrobatic craft. Particularly notable are the Spitfire, ME 262, Jak 23, Northrop Tiger and Phantom Mk II.

Address: Mladoboleslavska Street, Airport Kbely, Praha 9
Opening hours: May - Oct 10am-6pm, Mondays closed.
Directions: Metro line B to Ceskomoravska then bus 185, 278 to Letecke muzeum.
Admission: free entry
Other name: Aviation Museum