I feel at home wherever airplanes are. When I travel, either in my own airplane or on an airliner, I take a look around the airports at my destination. At major terminals, of course, you're restricted, though you can usually find a good vantage point for watching the activity on the runways. But at smaller ones, if you're not a nuisance, you can quietly explore, looking through open hangar doors, meeting people and their airplanes, and watching them fly. Add a day onto your next trip to seek out a small airport. You'll almost surely see something you've never seen before. Let me introduce you to a few places I've visited recently.
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