Average airline passenger has to walk 1600 ft from his parked car to his airplane but design of Dulles International Airport reduces this to 350 ft and eliminates stair climbing; self propelled mobile lounges take passengers to airliners; lounges are self leveling to adjust to aircraft door sills; passenger handling in 150 by 600 ft, column-free concourse, roofed by precast concrete panels, supported on steel cables fastened to side columns.


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    Title :

    Terminal makes flying easy on feet


    Additional title:

    Eng News-Rec


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1960


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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