Re: Question for old timers

In article <JiHPj.60366$Er2.45155@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Mr. DBG" <mdbg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What was airport security like in, say, the mid 1970s?

My first flight was in 1970 when I was nine. It was out of PHL. As I
recall, airport security was pretty much non-existent. My parents and I
just checked our luggage in the departures area (pretty much the same as
now), and we walked to the gate. Then just before departure, we had to
walk across the tarmac to board the jet; there were no modern boarding
bridges between the aircraft and gates like there area now.
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