Technik Museum Speyer – NATO Tech

The Technik Museum Speyer in south-west Germany has a fantastic technology collection that includes aircraft, spacecraft, ships, submarines, cars and much more in both indoor and outdoor exhibits (it’s a big museum)! Part of the collection includes a number of NATO Cold War veteran aircraft, including those operated by what was then West Germany. Here you will see some classic fighter jets from the 1950’s through to the 1970’s and more!

The entrance to the Technik Museum Speyer Germany – December 2015 – aircraft include an Italian Air Force Republic F-84F Thunderstreak, Douglas C-47 and Nord N2501 Noratlas

West German Luftwaffe TF-104G Starfighter two-seat combat trainer – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

A cutaway West German Luftwaffe F-104G Starfighter (Soviet Yak-27R in the background) – West Germany operated 916 F-104’s (749 F/RF-104G, 137 TF-104G and 30 F-104F) between 1960 to 1987 with some remaining as test aircraft until 1991 – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

Technik Museum Speyer – Cutaway Luftwaffe Lockheed F-104G Starfighter, a USAF Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star up on the pole and an Italian Air Force Frecce Tricolori display team Fiat G.91 attack fighter – December 2015

West Germany Luftwaffe cutaway F-104G Starfighter and USAF McDonnell F-101B Voodoo interceptor – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

The McDonnell F-101B two-seat interceptor served with the USAF from 1959 to 1972 and soldiered on in Air National Guard units until 1982. 479 of the Mach 1.72 capable interceptors were produced for the USAF – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

USAF McDonnell F-101 Voodoo interceptor and USAF/US Navy McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II multi-role fighters from high above at Technik Museum Speyer – December 2015

Phabulous Phantoms in USAF and US Navy Blue Angles livery at Technik Museum Speyer! December 2015

USAF and US Navy Blue Angels McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

USAF McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

USAF McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter and Luftwaffe Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter two-seat combat trainer – Technik Museum Speyer

Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Sabre in the livery of the Golden Hawks display team that were active from 1959 to 1964 – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

A cool looking black RAF Hawker Hunter and a West German Navy Marineflieger Lockheed F-104G Starfighter in a commemorative scheme at the Technik Museum Speyer in December 2015

The West German Navy Marineflieger operated two wings of Lockheed F-104G Starfighters in the maritime strike and reconnaissance roles – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

West German Navy Marineflieger Fairey-Gannet AS MK.4 ASW aircraft – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

RAF Hawker Hunter in a striking black livery – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

This is a strange one – a Dassault Alpha Jet in a RAF Red Arrows display team livery (they have never flown the type)! Technik Museum Speyer – December 2015

French Air Force delta winged Dassault Mirage IIIE – A Cold War beauty! Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

A French Air Force Dassault Mirage IIIR reconnaissance aircraft in a all black commemorative 33 Escadre de Reconnaissance scheme – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015 (Austrian Saab 35 Draken and Soviet Buran OK-GLI test flight shuttle in the background)

West German Army (HEER) German Army Aerospatiale Alouette II light helicopter – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

French designed Fouga CM.170 Magister jet trainer in the entrance foyer of the Technik Museum Speyer – December 2015

This Fouga CM.170 Magister jet trainer is painted in a nice French national colours livery – Technik Museum Speyer December 2015

Potez Heinkel CM.191 a 4-seat version of the Fouga Magister trainer – intended as an executive, training and liaison aircraft, two prototypes were built in 1962 but the type did not go into production. The prototypes were used in test roles for a number of years. This example at Technik Museum Speyer was the second prototype (the other is in the US)

Luftwaffe Transall C-160 transport at the Technik Museum Speyer – December 2015

The technik museum in Speyer is a sister museum to the nearby Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim (more on this museum in future posts). Both are easily accessible by car and public transport and well worth allocating a day to each! Up next I will show some of the former East German aircraft in the Speyer collection.