tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post2608277894557661819..comments2023-11-03T04:29:29.498-04:00Comments on Paleo-Future: Passenger Air Travel (1945)Matt Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-38128205341277703382008-05-28T15:26:00.000-04:002008-05-28T15:26:00.000-04:00Very interesting. Maybe some airport would like to...Very interesting. Maybe some airport would like to try a bubble top train, intead of bus?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-60951365019976886042008-05-16T06:40:00.000-04:002008-05-16T06:40:00.000-04:00Found it very interesting...... personally prefer ...Found it very interesting...... personally prefer the services of <A HREF="http://www.couponalbum.com/coupons/frontier-airlines.htm" REL="nofollow">Frontier Airlines</A> like real time flight status, mobile services & flight tracker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-19347359385555351732008-05-04T12:47:00.000-04:002008-05-04T12:47:00.000-04:00Today, those huge elevated buses at Dulles are rar...Today, those huge elevated buses at Dulles are rarely if ever used to dock directly with the planes, but they're still used as shuttles to get between the midfield terminals where most of the planes actually dock, and the main terminal.<BR/><BR/>When I was a kid, they were the usual means of getting to your plane, and I recall them being unpleasant. They'd often stop on the field after leaving the gate as a means of simply holding the passengers while the plane was being prepared (they were called "motor lounges"), but there was inadequate seat space for everyone and the air conditioning inside them was usually inadequate as well.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404920751035863730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-18200566708926853072008-05-01T11:00:00.000-04:002008-05-01T11:00:00.000-04:00Interestingly there appears to be some kind of ser...Interestingly there appears to be some kind of service counter or ticket counter inside the bus -- check the rear near the plane.<BR/><BR/>The plane that the bus has pulled up to appears to have two passenger decks -- I believe this predates Boeing's designs for the Stratocruiser.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-20552287338422677712008-05-01T10:24:00.000-04:002008-05-01T10:24:00.000-04:00And even the bus to the plane eventually became re...And even the bus to the plane eventually became reality - they were used for decades at Dulles Airport in Virginia (and may still be, though I think they were trying to phase them out). No bubble top, though.Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17238384597549720950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-50017146122214167182008-05-01T08:55:00.000-04:002008-05-01T08:55:00.000-04:00Both those aircraft are modified B-29s. The termi...Both those aircraft are modified B-29s. The terminal harks to the '39 World's Fair just a little, and so the bus is the only piece of "future" in the whole pic.jnutleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783823922104684970noreply@blogger.com