Magyar Rep. Múzeum Alapítvany Szolnok,  28 April 2003

After our visit at Szentkirályszabadja, the museum at Szolnok was on the list. When we arrived at Szolnok we saw that the museum was closed. Endre and Dávid told us they had some friends in the Hungarian Air Force who worked at Szolnok. After a few phone calls a guy came with a key and opened the gate of the museum.

We were told we had about an hour to take some pictures and to write down the numbers. We were even allowed to climb over the small fences to get the best shots. The light wasn't good during our visit, but we were pretty happy with the few shots we took.

After our private visit at the museum we went to the other side of Szolnok to see some operational and stored aircraft parked at the platform. We parked the car on a dirt road, from here we had a nice view on the ramp. Besides several Mi-8s and An-26s we also saw approximately eight Yak-52s. Unfortunately we were unable to read any on these trainers. Later that evening we drove to Cegléd where we stayed in a motel. We can look back to a very good first day in Hungary.