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Originally Posted by john3eblover
I feel like I have grown up at this airport. I've probably flown out of it hundreds of times. My dad had to fly all over the world for business, and he always raved about how much more efficient and streamlined Hartsfield was than any other airport. Of all the cool things Atlanta has to offer, i'll always be especially proud of this airport.
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I've made many connecting flights in Atlanta during my lifetime beginning around the age of 5 or 6 in the early 70's, so I've sort of "grown up at this airport" too, and I've also had the privilege of watching this airport grow up. I have vivid memories of the old terminal with its turquoise green exterior and how incredibly busy and crowded it was. We had to change planes there once on Christmas Eve during the mid-1970's, and there were not enough gates to accommodate all the planes. We had to park out on the apron and ride a bus to one of the two Delta rotundas which was packed so full with holiday travelers that you could hardly walk through the crowd. And I can also remember my last departure from the old terminal and seeing the massive new "midfield" terminal complex under construction as we taxied out to one of the newly completed runways on the south side of the present complex (btw, today's northernmost runway is the only runway that survives from the original 3 diagonal runway layout. This webpage has many great photos of the old terminal:
http://oldterminals.topcities.com/atlanta.html