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Douglas DC-6 (N90742)
Flashback (Fifty Seven years ago all the way back to 1965) ~~
Taken thru a terminal window with my first-ever camera, a little Kodak Brownie that used Kodak 127 film, this click caught American's "Flagship Peoria," a Douglas DC-6 (N90742), taxiing away from Gate 6 in the American Airlines Concourse ** at Greater Buffalo International (now Buffalo Niagara International), KBUF.
** Info Note: The American Airlines Concourse was brand new. When it opened, it provided American with five gates: 6, 7, 8 -- where I am taking this photo from, 9, and 10; and made it possible for United to gain exclusive use of the five original gates: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Mohawk Airlines was given exclusive use of one in-terminal gate (11) and three airlines (Mohawk, Lake Central, and Allegheny -- today's American Airlines) had shared usage of four uncovered gates (12 thru 15), all of which could only be accessed by exiting the terminal and proceeding on an uncovered fenced walkway. Along the walkway, there were two openings in the fence; one marked by a sign as Gate 12 and the other as Gate 13. To get to Gates 14 and 15, a passenger just continued on the walkway until the walkway ended. Then the passenger just kept going to whichever airliner he/she was flying on. A couple of years after I snapped this pic, Eastern inaugurated service to BUF and its aircraft used American's gates.
That's how it was back in the "sixties."
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Keep 'em coming Gary, it's history that counts.
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