Gander international airport’s historic lounge at risk amid growing costs

Canadian Press (via National Post) ^ | June 22, 2014 | Sue Bailey

[ken5050]

FYI..here's the documentary on Gander, "Grounded on 9/11"

[ken5050]

OOPSIE!!!.wrong video..here ya go: "9/11: Operation Yellow Ribbon"

[Guenevere]

Thanks Ken....I will enjoy this.
I read ‘The Day the World Came to Town’ and just fell in love with the place and people.
Would hope they’re still as warm and caring as they were 13 years ago.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Canadian rednecks :-)

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[RayChuang88]

Actually, once the 707-320B became widely available to the airlines, the usefulness of Gander Airport ended because the 707-320B could fly non-stop between New York City and London non-stop year-round.

(Actually, even late in the propeller airliner era, Gander was obselete by 1957. The Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas and the Lockheed L-1649 Starliner achieved the ability to fly London to New York City westbound year-round.)

[Eric in the Ozarks]

There are still a handful of DC-3s operating in southern Mexico. We took a 45 minute flight on Air Liberdad from Huatulco to Oaxaca some years back.

The airport terminal at Oaxaca was built of quarried onyx with a thatched roof...

[Moonman62]

I think the 1950’s were the last decade for good architecture. I don’t think this lounge is a good example, though.

[Vigilanteman]

Sometime within the last two decades, I flew in/out of White Plains. It looked like a series of Quonset Huts left over from World War II-- comfortable and fairly modern looking on the inside, but surprising old in its outward look given its proximity to New York City and IBM Hq.

Most of the people in our company were in sales and liked the proximity and night life of midtown Manhattan, complete with very expensive hotel rooms slightly larger than deluxe broom closets.

I was there for actual work and needed a place for real work and rest, so got a spacious room for about half what they paid not far from a short train ride into Midtown. I remember it mainly because the company beancounter questioned me about how I'd paid so little for a hotel in NYC when I turned in my expense report.

[Squawk 8888]

I was just chatting with my neighbour today, he told me about how his late mother put up three stranded families in her bungalow. She considered it a break from the routine.

[Squawk 8888]

There's an airline in the Northwest Territories that operates a fleet that includes the DC-3, DC-4 and Electra.

Buffalo Airways fleet

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The last time I drove through the area, there were two DC-3s at a small airport north of Minneapolis. They appeared to be in passenger service.

[PAR35]

But I bet they don’t fly them across the Atlantic.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

No kiddin !

[Squawk 8888]

LOL no, the only ocean they fly over is usually under ice.