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More air planes then I've seen in my life. Also possible to jump into one. Highly recommended museum!

Is an awesome place, this museum include many aircrafts, especially you can see many old fighters during era. I will highly recommand this place for an aeronautical fans.

Please take Bus No. 912 at Andingmen station, and get off at the gate of Aviation Museum directly.

Its great to be able to get as close as you want to so many aircraft, bombs and missiles.

This place is currently closed for repairs. Locals say the place won't open till year 2020.

This museum used to be an airport, so it takes a lot of time to get from the Beijing area by car. The museum is free to enter, and individual exhibition areas need to buy tickets. Unlike other military museums, many of the planes here are in good condition, and there are also grandfather's landline planes. You can check in when you buy tickets. Come and see it on weekends!

The largest in Asia, there are many aircraft, and some are not well maintained.

By organization and upkeep, it's not on par with other major established museums in the US, UK or Russia, but it does have some rare exhibits - well, where else can boast that they've a Mi-6 and a D-21 (alas as wreckage, because it was found crashed back then) all within the same compound? Especially the latter, it's the only one outside the US.

By my memory, they actually have plenty more other stuff still sit in storage, and have been slowly restoring some for display. Given the size of the compound, it can accommodate more exhibits.

Now, if only they can restore more of their exhibits into better condition...

Pretty cool museum with a rather spacious outdoor area (which is free) and some exhibition halls. Displays mostly vintage Chinese/Soviet airplanes. You can also rent cute little golf carts that are super fun to get around with. Got there via Shahe University Park Subway and then took a Didi. Not sure that is the best way.

It is suitable for leisure and walking on weekends. There is a parking lot that charges 5 yuan. Look at the development of China s aircraft and the aircraft that Mao Zedong and other leaders took in the early years. The square is wide and suitable for children to play.

8/25/2017, this open museum is in complete ruin, vehicles are not maintained, helicopters looted... A HEART BROKEN SCENERY.
PS* Museum gallery closes at 16:30, that is 4:30PM not 5:30PM...

The Beijing Air and Space Museum is a museum in Haidian Qu, Beijing China. The museum is part of the Beihang University, one of China s most prestigious engineering schools. It was founded in 1985 under its original name the Beijing Aviation Museum. The museum has 8,300 square meters of exhibition area. Today, there are currently four permanent exhibitions on display: Dream by the Sky, Silver Eagles Air Patrol, Shenzhou Qiantang and the Air-day Corridor. According to the museum, the collection, protection and exhibition of aviation objects is one of the important symbols to measure the degree of development of aviation industry and the strength of cultural relics in a country . In 1985 the Beijing Aviation museum was founded as part of the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics; in 1986 it was officially opened to the public. The mission of the museum is to support the teaching and popularize the scientific and technical knowledge of aviation. In 2002 the name of the school was changed to the Beihang University. The university is considered to be one of china's best engineering schools and is highly influential to the country s aeronautical and space industries. After renovations, in 2012 the museum reopened as the Beijing Air and Space Museum. This was the first aerospace science and technology museum built in China. The museum carries over 300 domestic and international aerospace items including plane structures, engines and equipment. Because the museum is part of a university many classes about aircraft structure, landing gears, missiles and other plane related topics are given there. The doors of the museum are generally open to its students but it is also open to the public through tours. The building that houses the museum was designed by the architecture firm Hetzel Design. The building, called Futura City Beijing Air and Space Museum also has 18 interactive exhibits, 3 theaters, children s astronaut training center and more. The 43,000 square meter building is part of the Futura City scheme which was the firm s idea that they should break away from the standard city grid formation and introduce meandering boulevards leading to a large central park''. The problem the firm faced was connecting the parks to the building. They came up with the idea of a bridge, and after many renderings decided that the bridge should actually be part of the building. The bridge is a focal point of the buildings design as it looks like a plane taking off. Even before opening day the building drew crowds due to its design. The building won several awards.

Great place to see old Chinese PLAAF aircraft. A bit busy on weekends but free admission. Many aircraft are in excellent condition considering they are outside and there are tons of old MIGs. That said, some have taken a lot of abuse from guests and show dents, broken windows, etc. Especially the helicopters. Sad that people can't just enjoy them without touching but this is China.

The major disappointment arises from the fact that the best displays are inside and were all locked and closed. We tried to ask if the hangar and cave were just closed for the day but not a single person spoke any English to explain. Even the Tourist Information office. We attempted to use Google translate but still couldn't get an answer about the best closed bits.

There was a sign written in Chinese on both the hangar (PLAAF history) and the mountain tunnel that apparently holds aircraft from the first 100 years of the PLAAF. One kind guest tried to explain that it's closed but we never figured out why.

The PLAAF uniform museum was padlocked as was the simulator experience. Basically, just wander around the outside aircraft for a couple hours and leave. Disappointing after a long expensive drive from the city.

Military aircraft and passenger aircraft are on display at the aircraft museum. There are a lot of military vehicles because it was an Air Force base in the past.
There is no admission to the site, but there is a charge for large exhibition halls (Togo Exhibition Hall and General Exhibition Hall).
The day was still high on the way back from Ginzan Tower, but it was clear in midsummer, so it was hard to see the outdoor exhibition on the large site and to move between the exhibition halls.

The Chinese Air Force Museum represents exactly the soldier he is guarding.
It's just a huge museum! The museum has a collection of hundreds of aircraft.

The display is divided into outdoor view and closed structure view. One of the buildings is a bunker that used to be a shelter for aircraft. All Chinese Air Force aircraft are shown here. Unfortunately some of the exhibits are kept on a very strict level, and some are neglected (especially the outdoor display) because the weather does its thing.

Despite the museum's very impressive collection, the number of visitors to it is quite small, and is mainly made up of Chinese facial permits and some crazy things to speak (such as this line writer).
In my opinion, the museum is not suitable for the average western tourist because of the difficulty of getting here, the size of the place and the difficulty of understanding the exhibits. For those who are talking about military aviation, this is a must.

There are almost no explanations in English that we will not talk about the fact that the soldiers in the place have no knowledge of English at all. An example of their lack of knowledge of English is that we wanted to leave the museum back to Beijing.

The exhibition category is a bit of an old-fashioned aircraft.
There are really a lot of F-5F-6 here.

Slightly far away from city and not easy to get there . But not to be missed , if in Beijing.

We went for a visit in the cold season of February 2015. To get to Beijing South Station, transfer to subway lines 4, 13, and Changping Line, then transfer to Shahe Station and take bus 945 to the Aviation Museum bus stop. Near the bus stop there is a small sign for the Aviation Museum, but from there it is still a distance to the entrance of the museum, which took about 30 minutes on foot.
Since the inside of the Aviation Museum is very large, we rented an electric cart near the entrance. Renting a cart was the right answer, considering walking around.
Many airplanes are displayed on the premises, divided into open-air exhibitions and exhibitions in the museum building, so it is not enough to see them all in one day. There are plenty of unfamiliar planes on display during and after the war and until modern times. Above all, Mig15 has a very large number of actual machines arranged, and when viewed from a distance, drums seem to be lined up, but it was impressive. Many Chinese-made fighters, modified from the Mig, were also on display, making it easy to see the development of the Chinese aviation industry. Some of them, such as Mao's special machines, had to pay extra to see the inside. Anyway, there were a lot of planes on display that I had never seen before, so it was amazing and I looked around with a little excitement.
On the way home, I walked back to the bus stop, and there was a restaurant near the bus stop, Kurokuru, directly managed by a pig farm. There were various things, but I remember that the sweet and sour pork was delicious.
From the bus stop, I took the 945 bus again and returned via subway line 5. The subway and bus transfer was very smooth and convenient because I purchased a Beijing transportation card at Beijing South Railway Station.