Jay Leno collects cars and we know all about that, Elton John is more of the sunglasses collector, so it shouldn't surprise us that some people in this world collect weapons. But when it comes to Europe, namely the Czech Republic, we’re talking hardcore army assembling and that is what a family from Zruc did the last 20 years, turning their backyard into an actual army museum.
Zruc Air Park is an aviation museum located in Zruc, a little village North of the Czech town Plzen. It’s a private collection of remarkable technology used in military action gathered by the Tarantik family. Karel Tarantil and his son Milos established the museum in 1993 and since then they have enhanced a lot.
As a matter a fact, they had to buy more land from their neighbors to get the space needed for the monsters to fit in. The entire collection has around 70 aircraft, tanks and armored vehicles that people can get into. The wide range and high quality of the exhibits make this place on of the most popular technology museums in Czech Republic.
The museum is made out of three zones, the basic one, the special one and the depository. It’s the one place you find tanks sitting next to the Mig 21 jets and MI-24 Hind choppers, and plenty of other beauties that most likely have been on a real battlefield.
Hard to tell which piece of weapon is more interesting to check out, but we have to admit putting Stalin’s statue in the same backyard with the classic British single-seat fighter Spitfire is like taking the coolest history class right on the spot were the action happened.
One more thing before you check out the video below, if you are ever to visit the place, according to their website, the entrance fee is 100 CZK 100 ($5) for adults and CZK 50 ($2,5) and it’s open for visit daily between 10:00 and 18:00.
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