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The TU142M aircraft being assembled Sudeshna Banerjee The flight, made in erstwhile Soviet Union, was inducted in the Indian Navy in 1988 at Dabolim, Goa and shifted to INS Rajali, the naval air station in Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu in 1992. It became the most formidable long range reconnaissance and antisubmarine aircraft of the Navy. The two-acre plot was chosen by Hidco as it wants to build zones of attraction at each of its legs of Biswa Bangla Gate. “This way, the whole area will become vibrant. You can see the naval museum from the viewing gallery of the gate. Once the museum is ready, the KMDA will hand the facility back to Hidco for operation as a tourist attraction,” said Hidco chairman cum managing director Debashis Sen. The aircraft, dismantled in parts, reached Calcutta in 16 trucks. “Its total weight is 110 tonnes. It took the heavier trucks 16 days to reach calcutta from Chennai while the lighter trucks came in seven days,” said Captain V.R. Venkatesh of Taneja Aerospace & Aviation Ltd, an aviation maintenance and repair company based in Chennai, which is in change of assembling the craft. “For the last two and half years, it was kept in a preserved state, with the kind of maintenance scheduled for non-flying aircraft.” The TU142M was designed by the Tupolev Design Bureau and manufactured by the Kuibyshev Aviation and Taganrog Machinery Plants. It saw action during Operation Cactus in the Maldives and participated in airborne surveillance missions off Sri Lanka. I...

Kolkata Set to Fly in the Celebrated Tupolev – 142M at the War Aircraft Museum Last Updated -- June 23rd, 2022 Recently inaugurated Aircraft Museum in Kolkata by Chief Minister, Mamta Banerjee, on 8th June 2022 is the second one after Visakhapatnam’s museum, which was set up in 2018. The Aircraft Museum in Kolkata was set up at Rs. 11 crores, spread across 2.2-acres of land allocated by HIDCO (Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited) beside the New Town Police Station. The iconic anti-submarine warfare aircraft- Tupolev-142M, is part of the Tourist and Heritage Locations to visit in Kolkata – The City of Joy. Table of contents • • • • All About the Aerodyne – Tupolev-142M The Warcraft – Tupolev – 142M, also referred to as The Bear , is the fastest and heaviest flying turbo-propeller war machine ever made in the world. It weighs 90,000 kilograms and is 175-foot long. The aerodyne can stay afloat for 16 hours at a stretch. The aircraft has four engines and eight propellers developed to provide combat capabilities to the Indian Navy. Tupolev - 142M has been in service with the 312nd Squadron (INAS 312) of the Indian Navy for almost 30 decades, from 1988 to 2017. The aircraft was later decommissioned to be replaced by Boeing’s 12th P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft for the Indian Navy. The Navy has used the Tupolev – 142M Aircraft for anti-submarine warfare operations and long-range maritime reconnaissance for three decades. Project Aircraft Mu...

Military aviation museum in West Bengal, India Naval Aircraft Museum Location 22°34′37″N 88°28′41″E / 22.57704°N 88.47818°E / 22.57704; 88.47818 Type Military Owner Public transit access The Naval Aircraft Museum is a military Details [ ] Location [ ] The museum is located in DJ Block, Narkel Bagan, Action Area I of History [ ] The initiative for a military museum was taken by the Aircraft on display [ ] A decommissioned, 29-year-old See also [ ] • • References [ ] • ^ a b www.telegraphindia.com . Retrieved 31 July 2021. • AviationMuseum. 15 November 2020 . Retrieved 31 July 2021. • The Hindu. 4 December 2019. . Retrieved 2 August 2021. • ANI News . Retrieved 2 August 2021. • ^ a b Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 15 February 2020 . Retrieved 1 August 2021. • ^ a b The Economic Times . Retrieved 2 August 2021. • PTI (2 August 2021). www.millenniumpost.in . Retrieved 2 August 2021. • ^ a b The Statesman. 17 February 2020 . Retrieved 2 August 2021. • ^ a b Zee News. 15 February 2020 . Retrieved 2 August 2021. • WION . Retrieved 2 August 2021. • ^ a b outlookindia.com. 15 February 2020 . Retrieved 2 August 2021. {{ • Deccan Chronicle. 10 December 2017 . Retrieved 31 July 2021. External links [ ]

The second TU-142M Naval Aircraft Museum in the Country was inaugurated at New Town, Kolkata on 08 Jun 2022 by Ms Mamata Banerjee, Hon'ble Chief Minister of West Bengal. Commodore Rituraj Sahu, NOIC, West Bengal, Naval Personnel and Veterans graced the occasion. This iconic Long Range Maritime Surveillance and Anti-Submarine Warfare Aircraft of Indian Navy joins the illustrious list of Tourist and Heritage Locations in the City of Joy and state of West Bengal. It would educate the youth about Nation's Rich and Vibrant "Naval Maritime History" and inspire them to serve the country with pride.

The decommissioned aircraft that houses the museum in New Town. Snehal Sengupta A museum on aviation history is almost ready to welcome visitors on board a decommissioned Tupolev Tu-142M maritime aircraft. It is parked on a two-acre plot adjacent to New Town police station and opposite the Tata Medical Centre and is likely to be inaugurated in the first week of January. The aircraft was operated by the Indian Navy’s air wing for reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare till 2017 before it was decommissioned. The museum, built at an estimated cost of around Rs 10 crore, is a KMDA initiative but will be run by Hidco. Visitors will be able to climb into the fuselage of the aircraft and have a look at the cockpit. “There will be dummy pilots, navigators, engineers as well as technicians in place. The cockpit controls have been retained as have some other equipment that have been deemed by the Indian Navy as fit to be viewed by the public,” said Hidco managing director Debashis Sen. A children’s park will be set up in the compound that will have rides themed around tanks and planes, Sen said. Another Hidco official said there were talks of placing a decommissioned helicopter too. “We had to first create a concrete runway like structure because of the sheer weight of the airplane...,” the official added. The aircraft, donated by the Indian Navy, weighs around 90,000kg and was brought to Kolkata in 2020. According to Hidco officials, the airframe was transported to the city arou...