Technik Museum Speyer – Lufthansa 747 Soaring High!

One of the impressive aspects of the Technik Museum Speyer in Germany is the way they have positioned aircraft in the airpark atop plinths and the like. The Lufthansa Boeing 747-230 named “Schleswig-Holstein” is something else though – a) it’s a Jumbo Jet! b) the structure it sits atop is huge! c) what an experience it is going up there and walking along the wing up high!

Lufthansa Boeing 747-230 “Schleswig-Holstein” at the Technik Museum Speyer in December 2015

Prepare to make your way up the stairs to the 747 – December 2015

Explore inside the Lufthansa 747-230 and walk out on the wing – December 2015

Great view!

What a fantastic way to display aircraft!

Lufthansa Boeing 747-230 “Schleswig-Holstein” at the Technik Museum Speyer in December 2015

Lufthansa Boeing 747-230 “Schleswig-Holstein” at the Technik Museum Speyer in December 2015

Various forms of transport can be found at the Technik Museum Speyer – December 2015 (Soviet Yak-28 in the foreground)

The 747-230 was received by Lufthansa in 1978. By the time it was retired and presented to the museum in 2002, it had carried 4.9 million passengers, flown a total distance of 800,000,000 km at an average speed of 800 km/h and accumulated almost 100,000 flight hours!