China Aviation Museum - Datangshan

During my short stay in Beijing the China Aviation Museum in Datangshan was a must see. After leaving the airport and arriving at my hotel where I left my luggage I headed north. Getting to the museum is quiet easy although time consuming. By public transport take the subway line 5 all the way to Tiantongyuan North station then change to bus nr 643 where people will surely help you get out at the right stop (easier to achieve if you have a paper with the museums name written down in Chinese) . From my hotel it took me around 1,5 hour and cost 3 yuan one way. Additionally you have to walk around 10 minutes from the bus stop to the museum itself.

The first thing that grasp your sight is a collection of planes flown by Mao Zedong. Four of them. You can even enter the Ilyushin 18 for 10 yuans. From that spot you can see numerous fighters both soviet and Chinese ones. Basically wherever you look you'll see a plane and it won't be all. There is a cave part to which the entrance fee is around 20 yuans. Unluckily I was out of funds so I didn't enter. From video and photo footage I saw, it is worth going in.

The display has been renewed recently, planes repainted and cleaned and a couple new additions added. Plane description under each photo and you can find a full list of planes being displayed at the end of the entry together with full museum details.

Mao's fleet

Li-2 (8205)

Il-14 (4202)

Vickers Viscount (50258)

Vickers Viscount (50258)

Il-18 (B-230)

Inside the Il-18

Inside the Il-18

From the back door of the Il-18

9013 Beriev Be-6P (Qing-6)

Tu-2

Tu-4 (4114)

Tu-4 (4134)

DR-5

Inside the B-6

B-6

Harbin SH5 with the DC8 flying hospital in the background

Il-62

A lineup of fighters

Il-62

Il-62

Harbin Y-11

Il-62 engines with two C-46 in the back

Two C-46

An antenna

Harbin Z-5

Mi-6 with friends

Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 2E

Il-18

An-12

CJ-5

Tu-124

Shenyang F-8

Chinese F-5 based on the MiG

Shenyang J-5s

To the heroes!

Titles

View when standing near the entrance to the hangar

Hangar/cave entry

This newly-renovated museum displays 309 aircraft of 136 types, ranging from China's first airborne early warning to the official plane of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong. Informations from: http://www.aviationmuseum.eu/World/Asia/China/Beijing/China_Aviation_Museum.htm

102 103/03 MM6795/4-1 753 1151 B-1059 07104 50954 B-4060 - N2071Y 69-15690 9886 - 1783 N5981A 3487 11447 12381 70162 1002 XT-610 - IV-1 77 119 - c/n. 1610 XT-115 N220RB - - 10198 10290 11264 21112 44690 02 351 3884 3529 3685 3889 7272 8673 8919 - 50051 50055 B-2202 71168 33 1219/CZP 10 5116/61-PB 35046 35141 4202 208 B-224 B-226 232 B-2024 06 24 3029 311 48806 4766 5070 8205 9648 308 30 - 08 25 0881 4169 32 2249 1991 2216 2348 18048 42741 63138 63635 63833 84081 31682 3839 6691 2074 98071 9501 0122 756 770 762 - - 7225 10769 11267 - - 05 35 - 67651 01 02 71168 0064 10769 10262 11264 31124 10996 10997 03/10 138149/E-216 - 5361 3036 JWTZ205 5806 - 1 2216 - 0101 1488 2424 2579 4068 31051 31481 31482 31487 31489 31580 31581 31583 31584 31681 51230 - 2207 5619 20708 0001 14025 14121 30657 30658 72061 1001 - 20158 20255 20852 40403 40404 11323 30690 51209 0001 0101 507 41483 51312 071 11 60666 21397 75-3524 TE330 102/3 - 20 0462 4114 4134 50256 50257 50258 - 4251 10794 03 488 4989 12 701

Aero L-29 Delphin Aero L-29 Delphin Aeritalia F-104S ASA Starfighter Aerospatiale SA319B Alouette 3 Antonov An-12 Antonov An-12 Antonov An-24 Antonov An-24 Antonov An-24RV Beijing Keyuan Light Aircraft AD-200 Blue Eagle Barnett Rotorcraft J4B Bell UH-1H Iroquois Beriev Be-6P (Qing-6) Boeing CH-47 Chinook Canadair CL-13B Sabre 6 Cessna 172 Chengdu J-7 Chengdu J-7 Chengdu J-7 Chengdu J-7I Shengdu J-10S Convair 240-14 Curtiss C-46A Commando Curtiss Hawk III (replica) Curtiss P-40E Warhawk Dassault Mirage III de Havilland Mosquito (replica) de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Douglas C-47/TS-62 Douglas DC-8-21 Fairchild PT-19A Cornell (M-62A) Feng Ru II (replica) Harbin H-5 Harbin H-5 Harbin H-5 Harbin HD-5 Harbin HR-5 Harbin SH5 Harbin Y-11 Harbin Y-11 Harbin Z-5 Harbin Z-5 Harbin Z-5 Harbin Z-5 Harbin Z-5 Harbin Z-5 Harbin Z-6 Hawker Siddeley HS-121E Trident 1E Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 2E Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 2E Hongdu K-8J Ilyushin IL-10 Shturmovik Ilyushin IL-10 Shturmovik Ilyushin IL-10UTI Shturmovik Ilyushin IL-12 Ilyushin IL-12 Ilyushin IL-12 Ilyushin IL-14P Ilyushin IL-18D Ilyushin IL-18D Ilyushin IL-18D Ilyushin IL-18V Ilyushin IL-62 Lavochkin La-9 Lavochkin La-11 Lusinov Li-2 Lusinov Li-2 Lusinov Li-2 Lusinov Li-2 Lusinov Li-2 Lusinov Li-2 Lusinov Li-2 Kawasaki Ki-48-II (replica) Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-9 Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15 Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15 Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15 Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15 Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15 Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15bis Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15bis Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15UTI Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15UTI Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15UTI Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15UTI Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15UTI Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15UTI Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15UTI Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15UTI Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15UTI Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17 Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17F Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17F Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-17PF Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21F-13 Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-23MS Mil Mi-6 Mil Mi-8P Mil Mi-8P Mil Mi-8T Mil Mi-24D Mil Mi-24V Nanchang A-5 Nanchang A-5 Nanchang A-5 Nanchang CJ-5 Nanchang CJ-5 Nanchang CJ-5 Nanchang CJ-5 Nanchang CJ-6 Nanchang CJ-6 Nanchang J-12 Nanchang J-12 Nanchang K-8 Nanchang Q-5 Nanchang Q-5 Nanchang Q-5A Nanchang Q-5A Nanchang Q-5B Nanchang Y-5 Nanchang Y-5 North American P-51K Mustang North American T-28B Trojan Northrop F-5A Freedomfighter Northrop F-5F Tiger II Percival P-56 Provost T.52 Piaggio P-149D Polikarpov I-16 (replica) Polikarpov Po-2 Rosamonde I Shenyang FT-5 Shenyang J-5 Shenyang J-5 Shenyang J-5 Shenyang J-5 Shenyang J-5 Shenyang J-5 Shenyang J-5 Shenyang J-5 Shenyang J-5 Shenyang J-5 Shenyang J-5 Shenyang J-5 Shenyang J-5 Shenyang J-5 Shenyang J-5 Shenyang J-5 Shenyang J-5 Shenyang J-6 Shenyang J-6 Shenyang J-6 Shenyang J-6 Shenyang J-6A Shenyang J-6B Shenyang J-6B Shenyang J-8 Shenyang J-8 Shenyang J-8 Shenyang J-10 Shenyang J-11 Shenyang J-6IV Shenyang J-8I Shenyang J-8I Shenyang J-6II Shenyang J-6II Shenyang J-6III Shenyang J-6III Shenyang J-6III Shenyang J-8II Shenyang JJ-1 Shenyang JJ-5 Shenyang JJ-6 Shenyang RJ-6 Shenyang Jiefang-5 Shenyang Jiefang-9 Shijiazhuang Y-5 Shijiazhuang Y-5C Stinson L-5B Supermarine Spitfire XVI Tachikawa Ki-36 Tupolev Tu-2 Tupolev Tu-2 Tupolev Tu-2 Tupolev Tu-4 Tupolev Tu-4 Tupolev Tu-124 Tupolev Tu-124 Vickers 843 Viscount Vought V-65C1 Corsair (replica) Xian H-6A Xian H-6A Yakolev Yak-11 Yakolev Yak-11 Yakolev Yak-11 Yakolev Yak-17UTI Bell 700 Helicopter