Description: This is Mao’s personal plane, part of a collection of planes or former state leaders. The signs all show a certain reverence, but the visitors treat them very casually: for example, this family decided that this was a nice shady spot for a picnic. Whether this indicates fading respect for the old leadership or a general casualness to history or authority I don’t know…
You can’t go inside—at least, the door was locked when I climbed the stairs, so either it’s always closed or the ticket seller was having lunch!
Location: China Aviation Museum (中国航空博物馆), Beijing (Běijīng Shì (北京市), People’s Republic of China (Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó, 中华人民共和国)
