The "Lichao Aviation Museum" is located at W3 West Commercial Center, Chengdu, China, and is the first private aviation museum in China. The museum was established by Lichao Group in 2016 and has been officially operational since then.
The museum covers an area of approximately 5000 square meters. The design includes functional areas such as a comprehensive exhibition hall for aviation technology and history, a city waiting hall, a multimedia academic lecture hall, a simulated flight hall, an aviation themed restaurant, an aviation derivatives store, and an aviation science popularization training center, with thousands of precious aviation objects and documents. Core exhibits include PT-17, Bell 47G, Cessna 172R, Chujiao 6, Yun-5, Jiefang V, Fengru 2, Boeing C、P-51、piper J3、Eipper Quicksilver、Vari-Eze、CFM56-3、 Treasures of aircraft and engines such as turbojet five, turbojet six, and turbojet seven.
Adopting the latest high-tech methods and aviation exhibition design concepts, it comprehensively and clearly showcases the journey of human pursuit of flight dreams, as well as the wonderful power of aviation technology! At the same time, the museum collaborates with various flight bases such as fixed wings, helicopters, gliders, and hot air balloons in the field to provide visitors with flying experiences and vocational training services. It also regularly holds various aviation events, science popularization lectures, and tourism activities.
As a non-profit private non enterprise (currently applying for registration), Lichao Aviation Museum aims to create a micro ecosystem for Chengdu's civil aviation science popularization education industry. Strive to become a social welfare and volunteer activity base, youth science popularization education practice base, patriotic national defense education base, and aviation talent cultivation and practice base in Sichuan Province! Strive to build a professional aviation exchange platform in Chengdu and surrounding areas, achieve communication and ideological collision between aviation technology, popular science education, and social humanities, and gain the welcome and recognition of aviation professionals.
The purpose of designing and operating the Laichao Aviation Museum is to enable the public to see, hear, touch, and even eat aviation, and to closely integrate high-end aviation with the daily lives of ordinary people and the cultivation of children. The aviation museum aims to connect the industry, society, and the world through aviation science popularization.
