After a five-day transport from Amsterdam Airport a Corendon Boeing 747 has arrived in the garden of the Corendon Village Hotel in Amsterdam Badhoevedorp. There the plane will be converted into a 5D-experience about the 747 and the history of aviation later this year.

At the new attraction Visitors will be able to walk on, over or under the plane and visit places that are normally not accessible to the public. They can visit the cargo area where the luggage is loaded, learn about the fuelling of the plane, take a look in the kitchen of the business class and the cockpit on the upper deck. They can even do a wing walk over the thirty-meter-long wings, Corendon says. 

The highlight of the trip is the 5D experience, in which they can experience flying in all its facets. The garden where the Boeing is placed is partly an ecozone, open to hotel guests, and can be used as a festival site.

The transport of the aircraft this weekend coincided with the celebration of the first test flight of the Boeing 747 on February 9th, 1969, exactly fifty years ago. The 747 is an iconic plane and was the largest aircraft in the world until 2007. It could transport 2.5 times more passengers than other conventional types.

The last five-day trip of the Boeing was an impressive operation. The 160-tons aircraft first had to be transported 8 kilometers over the Schiphol airport area and then another 4.5 kilometers through the fields. The trailer divided the weight of the Boeing over 192 wheels. To make sure the trailer would not sink into the marshy land, a special road was constructed of approximately 2.100 metal road plates.