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Old Jul 21, 2001 | 11:31 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by slawecki:
In the original Dulles, there was no middle terminal. Most planes boarded from main terminal to people mover to plane. A few boarded from gate to tarmack to plane.</font>
This worked pretty well back in the 70s and 80s, since there wasn't so many travellers and they were in less hurry (or so it seem, but I could be wrong). It was rather nice--I remember the mobile lounges when they had real seats that were pretty comfortable and they didn't try to cram everyone in there. Nowday, moble lounges do not fit well in today's air travel rush. However I still enjoy the lounges since it give me a chance to check out the planes as we ride along. :-)

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