Tupolev TU 144 or Concorde? Museum-Germany
On New Years I finally made it to Germany to see the Concorde and TU-144. A great museum in Sinsheim Germany where you get to go inside both aircraft that are mounted high up in the air. Highly recommend if you ever get a chance to go about just over an hour south of Frankfurt. What's your favorite and why or any interesting facts/comments related to these aircraft?
Made a video to share and for the memories |
They have another museum at Speyer which has some great aviation exhibits including a Lufthansa 747 suspended above the entrance with a Viscount just below it. Great place |
Unfortunately both supersonics are rotting away quickly...
If you look at the sorry state of some 10-15 years older aircraft in that museum, I am afraid both airframes will be lost within 20 years. Luckily at least 7 Concordes are preserved indoor (Scotland, Bristol, Yeovilton, Duxford, Toulouse, Washington, Paris), for the Tu-144 the situation is worse. The one in Monino still looks OK after 30 years in the open... |
I was struck (well repelled actually) by the awful turquoise colour in the cockpit of the TU144,it made my eyes hurt.When I sat in the cockpit of a friend's Mig21 a few years ago,it was the same colour,so maybe it's standard for aircraft built in the USSR.
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These museums are on my 'list'.
There is also Concorde G-BOAC now in it's own hanger at MAN. |
Originally Posted by Volume
(Post 10358102)
Unfortunately both supersonics are rotting away quickly...
If you look at the sorry state of some 10-15 years older aircraft in that museum, I am afraid both airframes will be lost within 20 years. Luckily at least 7 Concordes are preserved indoor (Scotland, Bristol, Yeovilton, Duxford, Toulouse, Washington, Paris), for the Tu-144 the situation is worse. The one in Monino still looks OK after 30 years in the open... |
Originally Posted by ex82watcher
(Post 10358114)
I was struck (well repelled actually) by the awful turquoise colour in the cockpit of the TU144,it made my eyes hurt.When I sat in the cockpit of a friend's Mig21 a few years ago,it was the same colour,so maybe it's standard for aircraft built in the USSR.
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/q...d-in-turquoise |
Originally Posted by ex82watcher
(Post 10358114)
I was struck (well repelled actually) by the awful turquoise colour in the cockpit of the TU144,it made my eyes hurt.When I sat in the cockpit of a friend's Mig21 a few years ago,it was the same colour,so maybe it's standard for aircraft built in the USSR.
Maybe that was the colour in that B29. |
Originally Posted by vctenderness
(Post 10358091)
They have another museum at Speyer which has some great aviation exhibits including a Lufthansa 747 suspended above the entrance with a Viscount just below it. Great place |
Thanks for that linc TEEJ,there is then,a scientific reason for it.Still don't like it though !
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From a patriotic point of view Concorde is a masterpiece. But oh boy, just like most Russian aircraft the TU-144 is absolutely fascinating. I so wish we had one in the UK. |
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Originally Posted by Pontius Navigator
(Post 10358217)
Don't remember the 747,but a great way to compare the two SST. Loved the Ju52 though.
Interesting little vid how they got it there... |
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it's been there 15 years, can hardly miss it! |
My (then) brother-in-law was working at Baden, formerly CFB Baden, when it landed on it's final flight. The pilot did two flypasts to satisfy the tens of thousands of spectators who had gathered to watch it land. The crowds were nearly as large when it was transported by road at the dead of night, the wings outboard of the engines and fin were removed but it was still a tight squeeze under the Autobahn bridges which were lined with thousands of spectators.
I visited the Museum about a month after it had arrived and it was complete again but not yet in its final position on the roof of the museum. I overheard a German visitor remark in amazement how wonderful an aircraft that the French built - naturally I was forced to correct him, that it was an Anglo-French project and BA were still flying them. I felt quite smug afterwards... Finally, there is a full-sized Concorde replica at the Leo Junior Museum at Hermeskeil, it is used as the cafe but still impressive as you arrive at the museum to see a Concorde sitting outside. |
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