22 décembre 2008
Munich, Museum Park Hill (MUC) Germany - 2007
The Viewing Hill in the Visitors Park
Climb the 172 steps to the viewing platform on top of the visitors hill, 28 meters above the airport. You’ll experience a unique panoramic view of Terminal 1, the apron and the ongoing flight operations on both runways!
A worthwhile climb!
At Munich Airport you can spend as long as you want watching the handling operations on the ramp and the take-offs and landings on the runways!
The visitors hill in the Visitors Park is accessible at all times. The admission charge (1 euro) is payable at the coin-operated turnstile at the bottom of the hill.
"Freunde der historischen Flugzeuge"
The accurate reconstruction of the historic aircraft in the Munich Airport Visitors Park was made possible through the involvement of 20 former Lufthansa staffers and Munich Airport employees. They also restored the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, which is also on display in the Visit
Lockheed L-1049 G Super Constellation
The Lufthansa livery and D-ALEM call letters are in commemoration of the first trans-Atlantic flight of a Lockheed L-1049 G Super Constellation that departed from Hamburg bound for New York via DÜsseldorf and Shannon on June 8, 1955.
"The most beautiful passenger aircraft ever built"
With its curving fuselage and unmistakable triple tail, the Lockheed Super Constellation is still considered the most beautiful passenger aircraft ever build. It was also the first passenger plane with a pressurized cabin.
Technical data
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Kalifornien |
| Registration: | D-ALEM |
| Passengers: | 63 - 99 depending on the version |
| Wingspan: | 37.49 m |
| Length: | 34.62 m |
| Height: | 7.54 m |
| Wingspan: | 153.5 m² |
| Maximum take-off weight: | 62,369 t |
| Range: | 8,843 km |
| Max. fuel capacity: | 29,400 l |
| Tip tank: | 2200 l |
| Cruising speed: | 522 km/h at an altitude of 6100 meters |
| Engines: | Four Curtis-Wright R-3350-DA 3 Turbo Compound, air-cooled 18-cylinder twin row radial engines |
| Propellers: | 4.62m diameter, 3 blades |
| Number: | 254 aircraft delivered |
| Maiden flight of D-ALEM: | April 19, 1955 |
| Last flight: | March 9, 1967 |
Junkers Ju 52 / 3m (1937)
The opening of airmail service to South America in 1934, exploratory flights to the Far East and the Pamir expedition in 1937 with the famous Ju-52 bearing the D-ANOY call letters remain legendary exploits in the annals of aviation.
Crossing the Pamir mountains
This three-propeller aircraft was presented to the public as a rebuilt replica of the historic Junkers Ju 52 with the call letters D-ANOY and the name “Rudolf von Thüna”. With this aircraft Carl August Freiherr von Gablenz, a passionate aviator and Lufthansa board member, became the first pilot in the world to cross the Pamir mountain range.
Memoirs of an aviation pioneer
The Herbig publishing house in Munich has published a new edition of Pamirflug, the memoirs by the pilot von Gablenz on his legendary flight. In addition to the exciting stories by the pilot, the book contains contributions from two directors of Munich Airport, Willi Hermsen and Wulf Diether Graf zu Castell. Castell was still an active captain with Lufthansa in 1937 and was involved in the search for the Ju 52 D-ANOY, which was missing for a time.
Technical data
| Manufacturer: | Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG, Dessau |
| Registration: | D-ANOY |
| Passengers: | 14 |
| Wingspan: | 29.25 m |
| Length: | 18.90 m |
| Height: | 6.10 m |
| Wingspan: | 110.50 m² |
| Maximum take-off weight: | 10.5 t |
| Range: | approx. 1,200 km |
| Max. fuel capacity: | 2,500 l |
| Take-off speed: | approx. 120 km/h |
| Cruising speed: | approx. 180 km/h |
| Top speed: | approx. 240 km/h |
| Engines: | Three BMW nine cylinder radial engines |
| Engine power: | 3 x 600 PS |
Douglas DC-3 (1946)
The Douglas DC-3 is emblematic of luxurious air travel in the 1930s and 1940s. It rose to fame as a reliable cargo aircraft. During the Berlin airlift, numerous DC-3s maintained a supply lifeline to Berlin.
In passenger service as of 1946
With this legendary passenger aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s, Swissair began passenger services in 1946 – using a refitted C-47 from the US Air Force.
Technical data:
| Manufacturer: | Douglas Aircraft Co. Inc., Santa Monica, Calif. |
| Registration: | HB-IRN |
| Passengers: | 28 - 32 depending on the version |
| Wingspan: | 28.96 m |
| Length: | 19.65 m |
| Height: | 5.16 m |
| Wing area: | 91.62 m² |
| Maximum take-off weight: | 11,441 t |
| Range: | 2400 km |
| Max. fuel capacity: | 3800 l |
| Cruising speed: | 300 km/h |
| Top speed: | 368 km/h |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp R-1830-92 18-cylinder twin row radial engines |
| Engine power: | 2 x 1 217 PS |
| Number produced: | 10,926 |
