Vietnamese Air Force Museum - 100-odd Pics

[madaxeman]

Having accidentally found myself in Hanoi with a spare morning, a trip to a military museum was required. Originally intending to go to the supposedly disappointing Vietnam War Museum, my driver ended up dropping me off instead at the Air Force Museum.



The Air Force Museum doesn't appear all that prominently in the normal guidebooks but as you will see is still pretty good, especially for a wargamer!

(yes, it is an "88"..!)

The museum has a large static park containing and (admittedly) limited range of aircraft and AA guns as used by the Vietnamese Air Force during the Vietnam war and immediately afterwards in some other conflicts (which don't really seem to get much of a look-in).



You can walk around the grounds and climb all over the kit if you wish, so its very much a hands-on experience.



It was a fairly decent and bright day without being overly sunny, so I managed to get a good number of pretty clear photos using my iPhone camera



All of the 100-odd photos are online on my website for you to have a virtual walk-round of the Vietnamese Peoples Air Force Museum

[FierceKitty]

I hope you found time for the Temple of Literature, Sword Lake, the ethnology museum, the art gallery, the cultural history museum, and the water puppets. Useful reminders that Vietnam existed before the Americans came calling.

[madaxeman]

I hope you found time for the Temple of Literature, Sword Lake, the ethnology museum, the art gallery, the cultural history museum, and the water puppets. Useful reminders that Vietnam existed before the Americans came calling.

Definitely on the list.. but perhaps not quite so relevant for a 20th Century Resources board methinks 

[Dr Dave]

Definitely on the list.. but perhaps not quite so relevant for a 20th Century Resources board methinks 

If pressed for time and you can only visit one museum then I think you've found the right one!

Shame about the though 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

You lucky man Tim!

[fred.]

Cool report.

Not sure how you accidentally found yourself in Hanoi...

[paulr]

Very interesting

I'm not sure if we want to know how he accidentally found himself in Hanoi... or at a different museum to the one intended