Muzeum Foteli Katapultowych w Oleśnicy
Private museum in Oleśnica devoted to ejection seats, helmets, flight suits and pilots’ rescue systems – the only one of its kind in Poland.
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About the museum
The Muzeum Foteli Katapultowych w Oleśnicy (Ejection Seat Museum in Oleśnica) was created from the private collection of Radosław Szukała, a police officer from Wrocław and aviation enthusiast. The collection began more than fifteen years ago with a partly dismantled ejection seat from a MiG-21, which he received in return for helping to move the aviation open-air museum of Marian Hołda. The collection was first shown in a home cellar and garage, and later in premises in the centre of Oleśnica.
The museum is housed in a former cinema building at ul. 3 Maja 18 and occupies about 180 m². It has been approved by the Ministry of Culture and is sometimes called the first and only museum of its kind in Poland. Oleśnica has been linked with aviation since 1955, when the Officer Technical School of the Air Force (Oficerska Szkoła Techniczna Wojsk Lotniczych) was set up here.
The collection includes ejection seats from combat aircraft, as well as pilots’ seats without an ejection system, flight clothing, flight suits, helmets and masks, models, engines, airframe parts, cockpit equipment and documentation. A separate display case is devoted to successful ejections, and among the memorabilia is a fragment of the wing of the RWD-6 aircraft in which Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura died.
Highlights
- ejection seats from combat aircraft
- flight helmets and masks, flight suits and pilots’ clothing
- rescue kits and pilots’ rescue systems
- display case of successful ejections
- fragment of the wing of the RWD-6 aircraft of Żwirko and Wigura
Permanent exhibition
- Zbiory Muzeum Foteli Katapultowych – Ejection seats and pilots’ seats, helmets, masks, flight suits, models, engines, airframe parts and a fragment of the RWD-6 wing.
- Operated by
- Radosław Szukała (muzeum prywatne)
- Director
- Radosław Szukała
Admission & discounts
The museum has not published fixed opening hours; information can be obtained via the museum’s website and its social media profile.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
The museum has not published fixed opening hours; information can be obtained via the museum’s website and its social media profile.
Plan your visit
| Good to know | The museum’s website presents descriptions of ejection seats, helmets and rescue systems, as well as air shows and aviation picnics. |
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