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{{Infobox Museum<br />
| name = TU 142 Aircraft Museum<br />
| image = TU-142 Aircraft Model.jpg<br />
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| location = [[Pandurangapuram, Visakhapatnam|Pandurangapuram]], [[Visakhapatnam]]<br />
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| coordinates = {{coord|17.718002|83.329812|display=inline}}<br />
| established = {{Start date|df=yes|2017|12|08}}<br />
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| type = [[Aviation museum]], [[Transport museum]]<br />
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| owner = [[Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority]]<br />
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The '''TU 142 Aircraft Museum''' is a preserved [[Tupolev Tu-142]] located in [[Visakhapatnam]], in the Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. Built as part of Vizag city tourism promotion, it was formally inaugurated by [[President of India]] [[Ram Nath Kovind]] in December 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/tu-142-aircraft-museum-inaugurated/article21292939.ece|title=TU 142 Aircraft Museum inaugurated|date=8 December 2017|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><br />
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==Service==<br />
This aircraft served 29 years with the [[Indian Navy]] and had 30,000 hours of accident-free flying by the time of its retirement on 29 March 2017 at [[INS Rajali]], [[Arakkonam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/tu-142m-aircraft-museum-visakhapatnam |title=TU 142M Aircraft Museum at Visakhapatnam |publisher=Indian Navy |date= |accessdate=2018-10-30}}</ref><br />
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==Aircraft Museum==<br />
The [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]] decided to preserve the aircraft in a museum. The project development cost was around ₹ 14 crores, which was funded by [[Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2017-12-07/President-to-open-Aircraft-Museum-today/343529|title=President to open Aircraft Museum today|website=The Hans India}}</ref><br />
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