"Major Jorge Osvaldo García" Museum of the 4th Air Force Brigade

Los Tamarindos no number
Tel. 0261-4487316 - Ext. 111
Open Mondays through Fridays from 7a.m. to 1p.m.

This is an aeronautical museum. Exhibits include seats of an M3 fighter plane, propellers and blades of fighter planes prior to 1930 and the instrument panel of a Sabre. There is a propeller-driven aircraft dating from 1908 built by Mario Casale and some of the remains of the planed piloted by Benjamín Matienzo when he had the accident. Other exhibits include rescue equipment, military uniforms and a maquette that was used by the Argentine Air Force at the military base in San Julián during the Malvinas War in 1982. The museum also houses a historical library and organizes guided tours for prima and secondary schoolchildren.

Las Heras
The city of Las Heras lies 6 km. away from the city of Mendoza and is 726m. above sea level. It can be reached by taking national route No.4 or the Northern Access.