The jet fighters that rise by the Sofia-Varna road at Omurtag are a rather surprising sight. When you take the detour, you will find one of the few exhibitions dedicated to aviation and space technologies in Bulgaria. The site was located for a reason - Omurtag is the birthplace of pilot Aleksandar Aleksandrov, the second Bulgarian to fly in space. In 1988, he was onboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz TM-5.

The museum exhibition was created in 2008, to mark the 20th anniversary of the mission. It includes three fighters that Aleksandrov used to fly with (MiG-19, MiG-21 and SU-22), an M-11 surface-to-air missile system, and a radar. In Omurtag's History Museum (53 General Totleben St) you will find the spacesuit that Aleksandrov was supposed to wear in 1979. Back then, he was selected as replacement for Georgi Ivanov, who became Bulgaria's first man in space.