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Airport in 1964
Posted by: Barbara1 (Moderator)
Date: May 21, 2008 04:09PM




We've come a long way!

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/21/2008 06:11PM by Barbara1.

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Re: Airport in 1964
Posted by: double-D (---.dsl.bell.ca)
Date: May 21, 2008 06:18PM

Barbara...How did they fit those wide cars along those narrow streets???

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Re: Airport in 1964
Posted by: Barbara1 (Moderator)
Date: May 21, 2008 06:31PM

spinning smiley sticking its tongue outspinning smiley sticking its tongue out

good question!

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Re: Airport in 1964
Posted by: bigdenx (---.73.242.24.cfl.res.rr.com)
Date: May 21, 2008 08:06PM

Hey!

Like that old airport better, and the DC-3.

This was shot from the TNCM control tower on Labour Day weekend 2006. The terminal opened ( officially) Nov. 11th. At this point the jetways were inactive.

You're welcome to right click and use as a background.

The PRINCESS certainly has come a long way!

BIGDEN


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Re: Airport in 1964
Posted by: Barbara1 (Moderator)
Date: May 21, 2008 08:13PM

wow
what a difference!

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Re: Airport in 1964
Posted by: double-D (---.dsl.bell.ca)
Date: May 21, 2008 08:18PM

Dennis....You cease to amaze me!!!
Where did you take that one from???
And did it involve a mountain goat??

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Re: Airport in 1964
Posted by: sxmmmartini (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: May 21, 2008 08:18PM

BigDen...I love the pic...Thanx

Caption this photo... Grand opening of the airport


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Re: Airport in 1964
Posted by: Barbara1 (Moderator)
Date: May 21, 2008 08:30PM

Modern arrivals, but this is the way they used to arrive.



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Re: Airport in 1964
Posted by: msdebsm (---.washdc.fios.verizon.net)
Date: May 21, 2008 08:35PM

What a memory---and look at the big plane!
I was there in the 70's in my lovely tropical minidress ( I may have even carried gloves--LOL)
But you should have seen some of the tiny puddle-jumpers we took to travel around the islands by air---yow---and people were always walking onto propellers as well.

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Re: Airport in 1964
Posted by: Barbara1 (Moderator)
Date: May 21, 2008 08:43PM

anyone remember Caribair and Prinair????
Puerto Rico airlines that used to come in here.

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Re: Airport in 1964
Posted by: jimandi (---.g01.scpeli.pbtcomm.net)
Date: May 21, 2008 09:33PM

My first memory of Caribe Air and Prinair was in PR when you and your luggage had to stand on the scale to see how much you weighed.

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Re: Airport in 1964
Posted by: Tabba Khady (---.52-150.caribserve.net)
Date: May 22, 2008 08:00AM

Then the plane start to be a little bit bigger... And look how modern this Airport already look...



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Philippe



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Re: Airport in 1964
Posted by: BobP (---.dyn.optonline.net)
Date: May 22, 2008 09:19PM

Barbara,I loved that airport before the 82/83 addition was added on the right side.Remember the steel band that used to play for arriving tourists on the runway side.

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