Monumen Patung Dirgantara
Bronze figure of a flying man atop a soaring arched column, a tribute to the nation's airmen.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Dirgantara statue at Pancoran in Jakarta follows the sculptor Edhi Sunarso and the president who commissioned him, Sukarno, from a request for a monument to the nation's airmen in nineteen sixty-four into the turmoil after the coup attempt of nineteen sixty-five. It touches on a wayang hero's pose, a model airplane that did not survive the design, and rumours the statue had to outlive. Best heard from the pavement looking up at the bronze figure on its arched column.
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