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LN-MOW
26-07-2008, 09:41
Litt forsinket, men nesebroa hadde 49-aarsdag tirsdag. Tillater meg aa sakse litt fra A.net.

Tuesday marked the 49th anniversary of Glenn Hughie’s development of Delta’s first Jetway.

Back then, passengers routinely walked outside, across the tarmac and climbed a set of stairs rolled into position to board their flight.

In September 1959, we made aviation history when we offered the world’s first jet service with the Douglas DC-8. As we prepared for that historic flight, Delta leaders were determined to offer the first jet passengers the added convenience of boarding directly from the terminal building. Glenn was asked to develop an appropriate design.

Working with Delta engineers, Glenn studied the DC-8 and other specifications and struggled with the concept. Finally, during a 2 a.m. epiphany, he envisioned a workable design and crafted a model with cardboard, scissors and glue that he presented the following morning. Given the OK to proceed, Glenn approached the Pacific Iron and Steel Corp. in Los Angeles, which produced the first branded Jetway boarding bridge. The prototype was used in Atlanta when we took delivery of our first DC-8 on July 22, 1959, and went into passenger service on Sept. 18 with our first jet flight.

http://www.airchive.com/Memorabilia/Delta/*DL%20Digest%20Oct59.jpg

Desk pilot
26-07-2008, 16:59
Og Wikipedia har tilogmed en artikkel der de kaller det for......embarkeringsbro! :wow:

http://no.wikipedia.org/Jetway (http://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Embarkeringsbro)

EB
30-07-2008, 08:52
Neste år bør det bli skikkelig feiring. Morosmt å lese at det var Delta som var pioener på dette området.

MountainDew
30-07-2008, 10:26
....og 49 år etter er det fremdeles flyselskap som ikke bruker broer :IRELAND FLAG