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Old 01-29-2012, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by tomjbud View Post
I remember riding my bike to the local airport. As long as we were polite, no one minded us walking out on the tarmack and looking at the planes. Try that today and see how far you get!
There was a time, up until perhaps the early 70's, when you were allowed to go to an observation deck atop any terminal at JFK Airport in NYC. That was a popular Sunday afternoon activity for me and some friends, especially one whose father was a mechanic for American Airlines.

Watching the planes take off and land, and smelling that jet fuel.......

Those days are LONG gone.