IAF to build country's first aerospace museum

New Delhi: The Delhi based Western Air Command of the Indian Air Force (IAF) is building an Aerospace museum on a 50 acre land acquired from the government near the domestic airport here, the first of its kind to be built in India.
With plans to complete the project before the Commonwealth Games 2010, the museum is being built at an approximate cost of Rupees 100 crore, with plans underway to shift the existing Air Force memorial at Palam in the museum's premises. The foundation stone of the museum will be laid on November 30 by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi.
The state-of-the-art museum being built on the lines of the Smithsonian Museum of Washington, will have audio-visual presentations of the functionality of the various aircraft presently operational in the IAF as well as the ones phased out of service.
Aircraft of all types will be on display with a brief literature of their history and operational capabilities available.
24/11/06 Suman Sharma/DailyIndia.com

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