TAM Museum

The TAM Museum[2] (Portuguese: Museu TAM), also known as the Museu Asas de um Sonho (Wings of a Dream Museum), was an aviation museum in the city of São Carlos, within the state of State of São Paulo, Brazil. The museum was located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) from central São Carlos and 250 kilometers (160 mi) from São Paulo City.[3]

TAM Museum
Established11 November 2006
Dissolved2016[1]
LocationSão Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
TypeAviation museum
Websitewww.museutam.com.br/

The museum was the creation of Rolim Adolfo Amaro, founder and president of TAM Airlines, and his brother João Francisco Amaro. The building is annexed to the TAM Airlines Technology Center at São Carlos Airport, in the district of Água Vermelha in São Carlos.[4]

History

In 1996, after finishing the restoration work on a Cessna 195, brothers Rolim Adolfo Amaro and João Francisco Amaro decided to buy some classic aircraft, and keep them near São Paulo, in order to make them available for flights on weekends with friends. However, once purchased, it was realised that the small collection could become a museum representative of the memory of aviation and the world. The brothers then decided to create the "Museu Asas de um Sonho" (Wings of a Dream Museum), that was maintained by the Education Service and Culture, a non-profit association founded by TAM on 23 December 1991, to administer the social programs of the company.

In 2006, the museum opened with 32 aircraft, but in future will house more than 80 aircraft. The opening will also be part of the celebrations of 150 years of the city of São Carlos.

In July 2008 the museum was closed to visitors in order to allow a complete reorganization of its installations, which included an expansion of the covered space from 9.5 thousand square metres to over 20 thousand square metres. Te grand re-opening occurred in June 2010 and among many new features the collection of 90 airplanes now holds the sole surviving S.55 seaplane christened "Jahú", a F4U Corsair, a Bf 109, a Dassault Mirage III, a Brazilian aircraft Neiva Regente among others.

On January 29, 2016, TAM announced that the museum would be ceasing operations due to budget concerns.[5] Closure actually happened on February 2, 2016 and on May 18, 2018 it was announced that it would be relocated close to the Brazilian Aerospace Memorial at São José dos Campos Airport, near the Embraer plant.[6]

On December 16, 2019, the president of the Brazilian Aviation Institute (IBA), Francisco Lyra, announced to an audience at the opening of the São Paulo Catarina business aviation airport that his next project will be to preserve the "Asas de um Sonho" aviation museum.[7]

Aircraft exhibits
Source: Ogden[8]

The museum has 35 aircraft in a historical building measuring 450 metres long by 130 metres wide and 11 metres high. The exhibits planned to be accessible to visitors in 2010 are as follows:

DesignationFAB desigIdentityNotes
Aeronca C-3NC14630
American Flea ShipPP-TKXUniversal Aircraft
Boeing-Stearman Model 75LV-FGD
Bücker Bü 131 JungmannE3B-595
Cessna 140PP-DYX
Cessna 180PT-BXZ
Cessna 185PT-KJM
Cessna 195PT-LDK
Cessna L-19 Bird Dog54736
Cessna L-19 Bird Dog62612
Cessna L-19 Bird Dog72774
Douglas DC-3N101KC"Rose"
EAY Ypiranga PaulistinhaPT-ZGY
Fairchild 24UC-61A2687
Fairchild PT-19 CornellPP-GAY
Gloster Meteor F.8F-84440
Lockheed 049 ConstellationPP-PDDPanair do Brasil
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-212456
MiG-156247
MiG-1723
MiG-2117
Miles M.2H Hawk MajorG-ADAS
Neiva CAP-4 PaulistinhaN-505Marinha
Nord 1203 NorecrinPP-EBE
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt229265
Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser
IPE Quero Quero KW.1PT-PEISailplane
IPE Quero Quero KW.1PT-PFJSailplane
RWD-13PT-LFY
Santos-Dumont 14-bisReplica
Santos-Dumont DemoiselleReplica
Savoia-Marchetti S.55I-BAUQ"Jahú"
Schneider Grunau Baby IIbGlider
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXEN398
Vought F4U Corsair17-F-13

  • Aeronca C-3
  • CAP-4 Paulistinha
  • Bf 109G-2
  • American Flea Ship
  • Lockheed 049 Constellation
  • Internal

See also
  • List of aerospace museums

Notes
  1. "Museu da TAM encerra as atividades". AeroMagazine (in Portuguese). Inner Editora Ltda. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  2. "TAM Group Companies." TAM Airlines. Retrieved on August 12, 2010.
  3. "Visitação e Localição." TAM Museum. Retrieved on December 15, 2011. "Rodovia SP 318, km249,5 – Água Vermelha São Carlos SP – CEP 13578-000" and "Rod. Eng. Thales de Lorena Peixoto Júnior São Carlos - São Paulo"
  4. Wikipedia Portuguese article
  5. "Museu da TAM encerra as atividades?" Aero Magazine. Retrieved on February 2, 2016.
  6. "Museu Asas de um Sonho será instalado em São José dos Campos (SP)" (in Portuguese). Poder Aéreo. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  7. Pedicini, Richard. "Brazil's First Greenfield Bizav Airport Opens Amid Fanfare". Aviation International News. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
  8. Ogden (2008)

References

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