"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
07/25/2019 at 08:39 • Filed to: good morning oppo
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
07/25/2019 at 08:39 • Filed to: good morning oppo | 4
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And the crazy weather continues. Record low of 59 degrees at the airport this morning. Currently 64 where I love. I ain’t complaining, but damn, this is not the way it’s supposed to be.
facw
> ttyymmnn
07/25/2019 at 08:45 |
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Get those folks a jetway (or a mobile lounge!)
Highs in the low 80s here, which is normal. Supposed to get back up into the 90s circa Sunday.
OPPOsaurus WRX
> ttyymmnn
07/25/2019 at 08:51 |
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it was around 100 on sunday and mid 60's monday.
Svend
> ttyymmnn
07/25/2019 at 09:11 |
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It’s currently 32C (90F).
It’s just not right. I’m sweating my b**ls off here.
Anything above 20C (68F) is uncomfortable here.
14C (57C) , I’d be more than happy with.
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facw
> Svend
07/25/2019 at 09:30 |
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My metric’s not good, but I feel like 57C is pretty toasty...
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ttyymmnn
> facw
07/25/2019 at 09:34 |
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Tell me again where you are?
The jetway didn’t debut until 1959, likely at ATL. The exact location is a bit of a debate. I wrote about it in TDIAH .
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ttyymmnn
> OPPOsaurus WRX
07/25/2019 at 09:34 |
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Similar here.
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ttyymmnn
> Svend
07/25/2019 at 09:35 |
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Global warming or no, the weather is just whack these days.
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facw
> ttyymmnn
07/25/2019 at 09:36 |
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Boston area these days. Was up around 99 over the weekend, cooled off a ton on Monday, but now is sneaking back up.
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facw
> ttyymmnn
07/25/2019 at 09:38 |
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And yeah, I saw your Jetway item, I responded with more mumbling about mobile lounges. So here have a Concorde one:
(granted, with that wing they probably couldn’t load from both front and back)
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ttyymmnn
> facw
07/25/2019 at 09:47 |
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Sorry, I missed that reply. I remember seeing those things in IAD back in the day. Any idea about the purpose of those pylons on top? Can’t be just for visibility, those things are huge.
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Svend
> facw
07/25/2019 at 09:48 |
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Doh. I meant to put ‘F’. Lol.
Next time I’ll just stuck with Celsius.
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facw
> ttyymmnn
07/25/2019 at 09:57 |
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I believe they still have them, though since the mid-field terminals got built, they mostly just use them for some international flights as it’s easier to separate incoming passengers by having them unload to a mobile lounge and then bus them directly to customs, than to have an isolated, sterile arrivals area.
I think the “fins” are just to contain the posts that the bodies raise and lower on when lowered (can’t find a picture now, but I believe they had some that just left the posts exposed). They’ve also used flat top versions, but those are either just pure buses or ones with movable gangways for reaching shorter planes.
And while I think Dulles is the only major user, there was one other high-profile use (apparently the red one wa s from BWI, though I don’t recall ever seeing them in use there) :
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ttyymmnn
> facw
07/25/2019 at 10:25 |
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Room for the posts makes complete sense. Thanks. Love the NASA coach, too.
I’m trying to think now if I’ve ever ridden in one. In the dusty back corners of my brain, I think I have a memory of it. Would have been back in the 70s.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> ttyymmnn
07/25/2019 at 10:39 |
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HEY, I RECOGNIZE THAT PLANE! IT’s THE KUMQUAT OR SOMETHING.
In less childish remarks, I’m not sure I can identify the trucks. The far left may be a Ford C-series, the middle looks kind of like something on an International chassis (but the hood badge may mean otherwise), and the righthand stairs truck has an odd cab almost like a Jeep FC-170 but surely not. Was this photo taken in the UK or stateside?
benjrblant
> ttyymmnn
07/25/2019 at 10:40 |
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rest in peace, concord. you’re still missed.
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ttyymmnn
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/25/2019 at 10:49 |
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I don’t remember exactly, I’d have to do a GIS, but I think this was taken in Egypt or somewhere else in the Middle East.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> ttyymmnn
07/25/2019 at 10:57 |
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I have a sneaking suspicion, which that makes stronger, that the stairs truck is something off-the-wall not seen on US shores very often like a Bedford or DAF. No example of either of those that I’ve seen thus far, but still - something odd.
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ttyymmnn
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/25/2019 at 11:03 |
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Here we go. It was Abu Dhabi in 1974.