The country's second aircraft museum was opened in Newtown, Kolkata. Earlier there was an aircraft museum only in Visakhapatnam. On Wednesday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated this museum. During this, he said that this aircraft did the work of the country for 30 years. Now it will encourage people to join the army.

Actually this aircraft museum has been opened in a special Navy aircraft. Till now people used to visit the Aircraft Museum in Visakhapatnam, but due to the opening of the museum in Kolkata, people will not have to go to Visakhapatnam. In the museum, people will get to know about the ways of facing the attacks of the enemies of the country and protecting the country. This naval aircraft Tu-142 was in service of the country for almost 30 years. Once refueled, this Russian-made aircraft could fly for 16 hours continuously.

Negotiations with the state were completed in December 2019 on the construction of the Aircraft Museum. After which work started in Newtown. This aircraft museum has been jointly built by West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO), New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) and Navy.