TEXAS AIRPORT MODEL SHOW
Weekend read from Mat Irvine: It’s probably a bit obvious to say that you see aircraft at an airport, but more to the point, many airports also display aircraft models. Military-civil combo One such, which I passed through recently, is Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport, Texas. It’s a military/commercial joint-use airport, in which one section is used by the Fort Hood military reservation, and there’s a check-in desk for arriving soldiers on the first floor of the terminal building. Big enough for jumbos, small enough for models Being regional, Killeen-Fort Hood is not a large airport, although its single runway is long enough to take a Boeing 747. Commercial operations are mostly to link with larger airports, like Dallas Forth Worth to the north, using turboprop aircraft such as the ATR-72. But, apart from standard passenger facilities, the departure hall also features a number of model aircraft hanging from the ceiling, and in cabinet displays. Robert Gray Army Airfield T...