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    Jun 30, 2021 6 minutes

    AIRPORT MEMORIES

    CANUCKLAD

    Stansted’s 30th birthday this year got me thinking about my favourite and most memorable airports.

    Amsterdam Schiphol: The old Pier B clicker departure board fascinated me as a child as I waited to see what airline and destination would finally appear at the bottom.

    Galway: Imagine the atmosphere/craic of a Irish village pub and you’ve got it.

    Honolulu: The tropical flowers and palm trees and, back in the day, the lei girls welcoming you to the islands.

    Vancouver International: From cycling along the runway with my pals, waving at, and occasionally getting a wave back from, the pilots, to returning as an adult to see the tower draped in the colours of the team all Vancouverites adore [the Canucks] as they tried to win the Stanley Cup.

    AMCWHIRTER

    Edinburgh Turnhouse: When British United Airways broke British European Airways’ domestic monopoly on the London route with BAC1-11 jets. Back then the terminal had a temporary feel, and often there would be only a single aircraft

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