World’s Largest Model Airport

[shenanigans]

Lots of effort went into this tiny airport. It even has moving vehicles including planes taking off and landing.

http://singularityhub.com/2011/05/1...ermany-150-square-meters-costing-4-8-million/

 

[bsdunek]

Very neat! Kind of like model railroading.

 

[JeffDG]

I know lots of bigger model airports, build on a 1:1 scale even...

 

[JesseD]

Lots of effort went into this tiny airport. It even has moving vehicles including planes taking off and landing.

http://singularityhub.com/2011/05/1...ermany-150-square-meters-costing-4-8-million/

And it's incredibly cool to boot

 

[dmccormack]

That guy coulda bought an LSA with all that money...

 

[ebacon]

That guy coulda bought an LSA with all that money...

At least.

The Knuffingen Airport alone took seven years to build and cost $4.8 million.

 

[ebacon]

Here's a link to the rest of the museum. Pretty cool.

http://www.miniatur-wunderland.com/exhibit/wunderland/our-philosophy/

 

[ajstoner21]

I don't really feel like reading all that, but wow! Impressive pictures.

and 4.8 million??

 

[AggieMike88]

YouTube-ing around, I found a video that demonstrated many behind the scenes items, including the system that simulated the take offs and landings.

Unfortunately, I don't speak German so no following the narration. But the images were still interesting.