March 25, 2008 at 11:48 pm
What a great program on 5 tonight.
All about T5 and how advanced it is, from the building design, transport systems and baggage handling. Great stuff.
Plus a short history on how airports developed over the years to deal with the jet age etc.
By: Rickt - 27th March 2008 at 17:06
i watched it also… really good insight..
BUT… one thing i remeber from watching it was that the baggage system had a FULL back up in case of issues like today?
I wonder if the issues today are down to “Humans” rather the the tech..
Rick
By: Ren Frew - 26th March 2008 at 14:24
We had a skipper convinced the other day that it was the shuttle to the ‘Captains only’ car park. Some people are so gullable.
Shame it isn’t finished for the opening!
1L.
Apparently a posse of Austrailian students with bicycle rickshaws have been employed to operate the shuttle to the Open Skies ‘Captains only’ car park…:rolleyes:
By: Craigston_Tom - 26th March 2008 at 13:56
Presumably a ‘People Pod’ not an I-Pod? Anyone got a picture?
Indeed it is a ‘People Pod’ not an I-Pod.
I found this article on the internet all about it:
http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/11/06/transportation-tuesday-the-personal-podcar/
By: OneLeft - 26th March 2008 at 11:01
One thing I did like the look of was them little ‘Pod’ things that take you from the Business car park to the terminal.
We had a skipper convinced the other day that it was the shuttle to the ‘Captains only’ car park. Some people are so gullable.
Shame it isn’t finished for the opening!
1L.
By: Newforest - 26th March 2008 at 08:08
One thing I did like the look of was them little ‘Pod’ things that take you from the Business car park to the terminal.
Presumably a ‘People Pod’ not an I-Pod? Anyone got a picture?
By: Craigston_Tom - 26th March 2008 at 00:21
Yes I watched Big, Bigger, Biggest tonight. I thought it was a really good insight into Terminal 5. I didn’t realise how complex (and expensive) baggage systems are, I mean £250 million for the baggage system 😮
One thing I did like the look of was them little ‘Pod’ things that take you from the Business car park to the terminal.
By: LBA-EGNM - 25th March 2008 at 23:57
Hi there, Yup i watched it, Thought it was very good! And also liked the short history lesson.:D