Noticed an uncommon thing at the Amsterdam airport - between the takeoff strip and the airport, the plane runs over a tunnel which houses a highway! I could see cars coming towards the plane and then going under. It was quite shocking to see a civilian road running THROUGH an airport, when most of the airports keep people at a safe distance.
And when I pointed this out to a friend, he said that in Sacramento, when you are driving, you could see road signs that say - "Watch out for planes crossing". That is WOW! It seems people have small planes parked in their driveways, taxy them to the nearest airfield and take off (to work)!!
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well in india, we have trucks and jeeps whizzing across the runway just before planes touchdown! i have had personal experience..cant imagine what would happen if we actually had a road that ran through it..
singapore, in contrast, is an amazine maze of escalators within an amazing number of air-conditioned shopping malls. the traffic is so disciplined that sometimes my nerves wreck havoc and i sincerely WANT to be on the chaotic indian roads.
i do not wish to be in sacramento though i wish there was a small four seater King Lear parked in my backyard...
I think even KL has a road running through the airport -- at least that's what I remember.
I think even KL has a road running through the airport -- at least that's what I remember.
i never noticed it on my previous visits but last week when we were landing at narita airport in japan, i noticed a road running underneath the airport and i immediately remembered your blog.
btw, just read your "hectic: account of your sis' wedding. congratulations and welcome to the "Visiting Relatives Rally" while visiting your hometown! it always happens to me when i visit delhi...
Thought you may like to see this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/49503050135@N01/17960499/
It's from Vins -- remember him from Indya?
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