The world's largest model airport

So perfect that

 

Built model for almost seven years

   The world's largest miniature airport, the creation of which took six years and the sum of $ 5 million, opened to the public at the exhibition Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany As a basis to create this fully functional model was taken Hamburg airport, one of the oldest airports in the history of the world. The created model is so perfect that there is a feeling, as if some giant took the original and reduced it in size with the help of magic. Airport Miniatur Wunderland contains cars, tow trucks, well lit blue and red light the runway, the bright yellow lights that illuminate the area of the airport that literally make it glow in the dark. All model elements, including street lights, traffic lights and other elements of the model is made with special care, making the model truly amazing and forcing admire the patience and abilities of its creators. 

40 model airplanes

 

Toy airport Museum Miniatur Wunderland

    In the model there are about 40 aircraft models, including models of Airbus and Boeing. Around the planes and runways are moving about 90 land transport facilities and transport passengers. On each of the planes is brand name airlines such as Lufthansa, AirBerlin, Air France, TUI, Emirates and KLM. The movement of the miniature vehicles manages installed system "carsystem", which can be controlled by computer. The most remarkable feature of the model is that model airplanes can actually "take off" and "sit" on the runway. This is achieved through the use of very fine metallic wires associated with the actuators, hidden below the runway. Due to the low thickness of these wires they are almost invisible to the eye, but thanks to them, we achieve an almost complete illusion of taking off and landing. 

A plane was taking off from Kennedy Airport. After it reached a comfortable cruising altitude, the captain made an announcement over the intercom, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Welcome to Flight Number 293, nonstop from New York to Los Angeles. The weather ahead is good and therefore we should have a smooth and uneventful flight. Now sit back and relax - OH MY GOD!" Silence. Then, the captain came back on the intercom and said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I am so sorry if I scared you earlier, but while I was talking, the flight-attendant brought me a cup of coffee and spilled the hot coffee in my lap. You should see the front of my pants!" A passenger in Coach said, "That's nothing. He should see the back of mine!"

Was opened in 1911

 

Cost the creators of 3,5 million euros

    Small model tractors and tow trucks equipped with yellow flashing lights", move the aircraft to the landing-disembarkation of passengers, where the aircraft is moving slowly nominated passages connecting the aircraft with the airport terminal. Meanwhile to the aircraft approaching tankers that pump the contents of their tanks into the fuel tanks of aircraft. The original of this model, the Hamburg airport was opened in 1911 and then had an area of 436 square meters. The modern airport has increased in the area more than ten times and it now covers an area of 5.7 square kilometers.