Word: transportion
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...Transport Workhorse aircraft also carried paratroopers but not while towing gliders...
...A380's needs. Still, the spectacular collapse of 2E's midsection has some wondering whether style didn't undermine solidity. Paul Andreu - ADP's main architect over the past three decades, and who also designed 2E - stood by the futuristic structure as "one of my children." Yves Egal, air transport specialist for France's National Federation of Transport Users' Associations, doubts that French devotion to style caused 2E's problems. "Atlanta is a wonderfully convenient airport that gives no attention to style, while the more chic Charles de Gaulle's main drawbacks lie in its organization, not safety," Egal says...
...million complex was supposed to transform Paris into "the most powerful hub in Europe, ahead of Frankfurt and London," boasted Air France CEO Jean-Cyril Spinetta. At full capacity, the terminal's twinned, 650-m-long main structures could handle 10 million passengers a year. Computerized baggage systems would transport luggage with minimal error, while travelers relaxed in the bright, spacious interiors of the tubular buildings. But today 2E is welcoming only the investigators who are still trying to figure out why a 30-m section of one concrete, glass and metal tube collapsed last week, killing four people...
Sources: New York Times; AP; The Sentencing Project (2); New York Times (3); Air Transport Association...
...ready than visitor ready - they'll look good on TV but prove less picturesque and user friendly on the ground. "I wouldn't be racing to Athens as a spectator," said one U.S. TV producer. Some of the competing teams are trying to gain a competitive edge by factoring transport chaos into their plans. At least one European rowing squad has booked hotel rooms in Marathon, near the rowing venue, rather than risk the 15-km plus commute from the Olympic village. The most troubled Games project is also the most historically resonant, embodying both the promise and the frustrations...