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 on the tarmac.
