“Įstra” Aviation Museum Museum

10 km from Panevėžys, on the left side of the Panevėžys–Pasvalys road (A10; part of the Via Baltica road E67) (there is an information road sign).

The museum, founded in 2016 on the initiative of aviator and aviation enthusiast Virmantas Puidokas, operates on the territory of the Īstro airfield. The origins of the airfield date back to 1984. At that time, planes used to spread fertilizers or other chemicals on the fields. The museum has outdoor and indoor expositions. The outdoor exposition showcases Soviet-made Su-15, MiG-21, MiG-23 fighter jets, Mi-2, Mi-8 helicopters, and the Czechoslovakian-made L-29 military transport aircraft (all of which were launched in the 1950s and 1960s). The indoor expositions introduce the history of world and Lithuanian aviation, as well as military aviation equipment, tools and paraphernalia from the First, Second World Wars and the Cold War. The equipment of military pilots from various countries, rescue, communications, sound recording and other equipment, and a collection of daggers from the parade uniforms of military air force officers are exhibited.