The museum
The Estonian Aviation Museum has developed a large outdoor display of internationally sourced combat aircraft, with early jet fighters and late Cold War types standing together. Its importance lies in allowing visitors to compare Soviet and Western aircraft at a single location in the Baltic region.
The Estonian Aviation Museum has developed a large outdoor display of internationally sourced combat aircraft, with early jet fighters and late Cold War types standing together. Its importance lies in allowing visitors to compare Soviet and Western aircraft at a single location in the Baltic region.
The aircraft collection concentrates on fighter and strike aircraft from opposing Cold War blocs, Soviet passenger transport and military helicopter technology. The official museum description specifically enumerates the machines in its outdoor aircraft display, separately from hundreds of indoor scale models. These records follow that exhibition list; visitors should confirm seasonal opening times and the accessibility of outdoor exhibits.
The aircraft entries below are selected records from the institution’s own collection pages, not a claim to reproduce its entire inventory. A type shown in a museum catalog is not automatically available for inspection: restoration, loan, operational, and reserve storage arrangements can change. Where the catalog does not establish current public display, these records retain an unknown display status.
What defines the collection
fighter and strike aircraft from opposing Cold War blocs, Soviet passenger transport and military helicopter technology
What to expect
The official museum description specifically enumerates the machines in its outdoor aircraft display, separately from hundreds of indoor scale models. These records follow that exhibition list; visitors should confirm seasonal opening times and the accessibility of outdoor exhibits.
What the museum holds
Museum reports 26 aircraft and 4 helicopters in the outside aviation exhibit
The inventory below separates what the museum or its sources say the institution holds from the smaller set of aircraft histories already connected to the Air Archive.
- Lockheed F-104 StarfighterOn Display
- McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIOn Display
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21On Display
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25On Display
- Sukhoi Su-24On Display
- A-22 light aircraftOn Display
- Aero L-29 DelfínOn Display
- Aero L-39 AlbatrosOn Display
- Antonov An-2On Display
- BAe Harrier GR.3On Display
- BAe HawkOn Display
- Dassault Mirage IIIRSOn Display
- Kamov Ka-26On Display
- Let L-410On Display
Open full museum-listed inventory (26 entries)
| Aircraft | Status | Identity |
|---|---|---|
| A-22 light aircraft | On Display | — |
| Aero L-29 Delfín | On Display | — |
| Aero L-39 Albatros | On Display | — |
| Antonov An-2 | On Display | — |
| BAe Harrier GR.3 | On Display | — |
| BAe Hawk | On Display | — |
| Dassault Mirage IIIRS | On Display | — |
| Kamov Ka-26 | On Display | — |
| Let L-410 | On Display | — |
| Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Lockheed F-104 Starfighter | On Display | — |
| McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II | On Display | — |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis | On Display | — |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MLD | On Display | — |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 | On Display | — |
| Mil Mi-2RL | On Display | — |
| Mil Mi-8 | On Display | — |
| PZL TS-11 Iskra | On Display | — |
| Saab J 32E Lansen | On Display | — |
| Saab J 35 Draken | On Display | — |
| Saab JA 37 Viggen | On Display | — |
| Schweizer S-300 helicopter | On Display | — |
| Sukhoi Su-22M4 | On Display | — |
| Sukhoi Su-24 Sukhoi Su-24 | On Display | — |
| Tupolev Tu-134A | On Display | — |
| Yakovlev Yak-28PP | On Display | — |
| Yakovlev Yak-40 | On Display | — |
Aircraft histories connected to this museum
These links connect museum holdings to aircraft histories already in the Trackpads Air Archive. They are not intended to imply that every museum aircraft has a dedicated archive profile yet.