![Image of : Air Transport, Airports, USA, Virginia, Dulles International Airport; Airports, Jetways and Gangplanks; Airports, Equipment, Mobile Lounges. [photograph]](https://airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/images/collection-objects/record-images/NASM-NASM-9A13711.jpg "Air Transport, Airports, USA, Virginia, Dulles International Airport; Airports, Jetways and Gangplanks; Airports, Equipment, Mobile Lounges. [photograph]")
Display Status:
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Collection Item Summary:
"PASSENGER MOVEMENT - TERMINAL TO PLANE." Graphic illustration; simplified cutaway side view of three methods of moving passengers from airport terminal gate (left) to aircraft (right); dotted lines show the path taken. Top to bottom: "old system" (covered walkway with steps down to the field, passengers exposed to weather for final walk to aircraft), "gangplank on finger" (enclosed passageway or "finger" extends out from gate, with telescoping jetway at end to connect to aircraft), and "MOBILE LOUNGE" (mobile lounge collects passengers from gate, drives to aircraft, then connects to aircraft to load passengers). Circa early 1960s.
Collection Item Long Description:
Topic
- Aeronautics, Commercial
- Airports
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Restrictions & Rights
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photographer
Unknown
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Date
Circa early 1960s
Repository Loc.
National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560
Type
Photographs
Local number
NASM-9A13711
