Years ago I used to fly out to California. Hope was my favorite airport. So easy to get into, get to your flight and get your car. I don’t know if it still is but it was 10 years ago.
Loved walking out on the tarmac to board. No metal detectors, no lines. Would board up the back stairs of the 727s. The airport required them to climb quickly for noise reasons. Riding 727s was like flying on a rocket.
My dad is in a top-row crypt at the cemetery very close to that airport. He always loved to fly, glad these stupid pilots didn’t crash into him.