And all credit to Lufthansa for having the devotion to this project and attending to it with the German attention to detail and thoroughness that they are famous for and that a machine as beautiful as this deserves.
Right at the tail-end of piston-engine technology the complexity of the machinery is amazing. That it was all conceived by slide-rules and forges without anything like CAD and laser cutting precision tool etc is even more astounding.
If only more purely profit-driven airlines and even manufacturers (i.e. CEO's demanding exorbitant paychecks) had the foresight to tackle such projects.
Other projects worthy of attention:
Boeing 747 s/n 001 N747001 (currently languishing and falling to pieces in Seattle).
Caravelle resplendent in the livery of one of the many European operators
A300B1 or B2 early series painted in early Airbus Industrie livery