THE first siren whoosh of the commercial jetliner not only changed man's notion of time and travel by shrinking the earth some 40%, but set off an earth-bound revolution that is transforming the whole façade and function of the jet age's gateway: the airport. Nations and cities are taking a searching second look at the airports that served the piston-plane age and finding them wanting. The result is an immense worldwide building boom to adapt them to the new and challenging problemsfor pilots, passengers and cities of the 600 m.p.h. jet planes....
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