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Wow! That looks great!
IND retro airport project
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Purpleplane
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Thank you.
Purpleplane
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I just finished concourse A section 4. Boarding lounge area for gates 32 and 33
later renumbered A3 and A4. Here's a couple of photos.
West side..gate A3 old 32 is on the left.
East side...gate A4 old 33 is on the right.
Up next...section 6, which will complete concourse A
later renumbered A3 and A4. Here's a couple of photos.
West side..gate A3 old 32 is on the left.
East side...gate A4 old 33 is on the right.
Up next...section 6, which will complete concourse A
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Purpleplane
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After completing Concourse A, section 4...I'm not really happy with the window decals on the boarding lounges, they were not adhering properly. I think the main reason was because after I had the decals printed, I had clear coated them with spray paint. I've decided to reprint the decals and coat them with Microscale decal film. The results are much, much better. I'm still working on the window panels on the boarding lounges, but I do have the corridor windows done on sections 1, 3, & 5. I've got some photos of the progress:
Concourse A, section 3. west side.
section 3, east side.
Concourse A section 5, west side.
section 5, east side.
Concourse A, section 2 west side.
section 2 east side.
Concourse A section 4 west side.
section 4 east side.
Last, section 6 west side.
section 6 east side.
I will post more photos as these 3 sections are finished.
Concourse A, section 3. west side.
section 3, east side.
Concourse A section 5, west side.
section 5, east side.
Concourse A, section 2 west side.
section 2 east side.
Concourse A section 4 west side.
section 4 east side.
Last, section 6 west side.
section 6 east side.
I will post more photos as these 3 sections are finished.
Purpleplane
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A brief update....after some trial and a lot of error, I have decided to paint the windows on the boarding lounges rather than use decals. I have just started on concourse A, section 2. I have a couple of photos of the progress:
west side.
east side.
Note that it needs another coat of black, and it will be done after some touch ups on the window frames.
west side.
east side.
Note that it needs another coat of black, and it will be done after some touch ups on the window frames.
Purpleplane
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This went surprisingly quick. I have all 3 boarding lounge/gate areas for concourse A painted. After I let it get good and dry, I will touch up the window frames and other details.
I will post more photos after the touch up work is done.
I will post more photos after the touch up work is done.
Purpleplane
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Concourse A is now complete. The only work that remains are the support columns and the jetway decals...those will be done after all concourses are completed. Concourse B is up next.
East side:
west side:
East side:
west side:
Purpleplane
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A little more progress made: The corridor between the main terminal and Concourse B is finished.
South side looking north:
north side looking south:
I spent a lot of time as a youngster looking out of these windows. Decal work on the main section of Concourse B is continuing....lower level decals are done, will work on upper level after these dry and set.
South side looking north:
north side looking south:
I spent a lot of time as a youngster looking out of these windows. Decal work on the main section of Concourse B is continuing....lower level decals are done, will work on upper level after these dry and set.
Purpleplane
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Concourse B is now finished, other than some touch-up paint. The only other work left are the jetway decals and the support columns...those will all be done after all of the concourses are finished.
View from the south looking north.
view from the north looking south.
After the touch up work is done, it's on to concourse C
View from the south looking north.
view from the north looking south.
After the touch up work is done, it's on to concourse C
Purpleplane
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Now that concourse B is complete, I have started on Concourse D...I'll do C last. I still have a way to go, just started on painting the upper level windows on sections C2 and C4...boarding lounge/gate area. I have a few photos of the work so far.
Section C2 north side of building:
Section 2 south side of building:
Section 4 north side of building:
Section 4 south side of building:
section 4 west end...gates D9 and D10:
Just need to touch up the paint, add the lower level decals, then decals for section 1 and 3...will post photos of those as I complete them.
Section C2 north side of building:
Section 2 south side of building:
Section 4 north side of building:
Section 4 south side of building:
section 4 west end...gates D9 and D10:
Just need to touch up the paint, add the lower level decals, then decals for section 1 and 3...will post photos of those as I complete them.
OscarBravo992
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Very nice!
Purpleplane
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Thank you...can't wait until it's all finished.
Purpleplane
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Making progress on D concourse. Section D1 is complete, as well as section D2...currently working on section D3.
North side of section D1:
south side of D1:
North side of section D2:
South side:
South side of section D3, which is finished:
Working on north side of D3, and then section D4 will finish up this concourse....then I will start on Concourse C, followed by the main terminal, and then the parking garage.
North side of section D1:
south side of D1:
North side of section D2:
South side:
South side of section D3, which is finished:
Working on north side of D3, and then section D4 will finish up this concourse....then I will start on Concourse C, followed by the main terminal, and then the parking garage.
Don't forget to put 3-4 more coats of concrete on the underside of D1. I think that piece only got 1 coat.
Purpleplane
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Yep, that will be done before I move on to C
Purpleplane
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Other than some minor touch ups, concourse D is finished.
North side...looking south:
South side..looking north:
West end...looking east:
After I complete the touch up work, I'll get started on concourse C
North side...looking south:
South side..looking north:
West end...looking east:
After I complete the touch up work, I'll get started on concourse C
Purpleplane
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Since it's almost Christmas, I thought I would take a break on work for my IND retro project, and I thought I would do something a bit different.
First a little background...from 1974 until late April 1981, only 6 airlines served IND: Allegheny (BAC 1-11 and DC-9), American (707, 727, and DC-10), Delta (DC-9-30 and 727-200), Eastern (DC-9 and 727), Ozark (DC-9), and TWA (707, 727, DC-9 and L-1011). Thanks to my son @IndyJets for generating Excel spreadsheet scheduling info based on OAG data, I can now accurately pinpoint a time and have the aircraft at that time in position at the airport. I'm going to start with July 8th, 1974...during the morning rush at IND...time is 7:00am.
First up are all of the flights at Concourse A:
At Gate A1 (gate 30 in this time frame) is Eastern DC-9-31 N8936E going out at 8:40 to MCO as flight 233.
Next to it, at Gate A3 (32 in this time frame) is Eastern 727-25 N8101N (normally a DC-9, was swapped out today) going out to ATL at 8:00 as flight 251:
On the TWA side, at Gate A2 (31 in this time frame) we have 727-231 N64323 going out to CMH at 7:05 as flight 514:
At Gate A4 (33), L-1011 N41012 will be leaving for STL at 7:15 as flight 223.
At gate A6 (35) we see L-1011 N31003 being readied for it's 10:00 departure to MCI as flight 507.
OK, I know that the twin stripe scheme had not been introduced in this time frame, so I'm just using a bit of artistic license here to help duplicate the activity.
Lastly, at gate A8 (36) is 727-031 N833TW is getting ready to head for LGA at 7:20...flight 420.
First a little background...from 1974 until late April 1981, only 6 airlines served IND: Allegheny (BAC 1-11 and DC-9), American (707, 727, and DC-10), Delta (DC-9-30 and 727-200), Eastern (DC-9 and 727), Ozark (DC-9), and TWA (707, 727, DC-9 and L-1011). Thanks to my son @IndyJets for generating Excel spreadsheet scheduling info based on OAG data, I can now accurately pinpoint a time and have the aircraft at that time in position at the airport. I'm going to start with July 8th, 1974...during the morning rush at IND...time is 7:00am.
First up are all of the flights at Concourse A:
At Gate A1 (gate 30 in this time frame) is Eastern DC-9-31 N8936E going out at 8:40 to MCO as flight 233.
Next to it, at Gate A3 (32 in this time frame) is Eastern 727-25 N8101N (normally a DC-9, was swapped out today) going out to ATL at 8:00 as flight 251:
On the TWA side, at Gate A2 (31 in this time frame) we have 727-231 N64323 going out to CMH at 7:05 as flight 514:
At Gate A4 (33), L-1011 N41012 will be leaving for STL at 7:15 as flight 223.
At gate A6 (35) we see L-1011 N31003 being readied for it's 10:00 departure to MCI as flight 507.
OK, I know that the twin stripe scheme had not been introduced in this time frame, so I'm just using a bit of artistic license here to help duplicate the activity.
Lastly, at gate A8 (36) is 727-031 N833TW is getting ready to head for LGA at 7:20...flight 420.
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Purpleplane
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IND morning rush 7-8-74 Concourses B and D:
At gate B1 (20) American 707-323B N8436 is heading out to ORD at 7:40...flight 277.
At gate B3 (24) 727-232A N458DA has just arrived (scheduled 7:00, arrived 6:55) from FWA as flight 149, will go out to ATL at 7:25 same flight number.
At gate B4 (25) DC-9-32 N3335L is preparing for it's 7:50 departure to MEM flight 505:
Lastly, at gate B6 (21) we find DC-9-32 N3336L getting ready to head out to CVG at 7:20...flight 755.
Concourse D finds Allegheny DC-9-31 N964VJ at gate D2 (2) going out at 8:00 to EWR flight 972.
BAC 1-11 N1130J is at gate D4 (4) going to CMH, was scheduled to leave at 6:30, but has been delayed until 7:15 due to fog at CMH.
Lastly, we see DC-9-31 N952VJ at gate D6 (6) scheduled out to ORD at 7:00....will be leaving the gate VERY soon..flight 832. (I know, this scheme wasn't introduced until 1975, but I wanted to keep this interesting)
I will do more of these as I get more Excel data...I'll try to keep it as interesting as I can.
Note that concourse C does not appear in this time frame (was not completed until 1987)
At gate B1 (20) American 707-323B N8436 is heading out to ORD at 7:40...flight 277.
At gate B3 (24) 727-232A N458DA has just arrived (scheduled 7:00, arrived 6:55) from FWA as flight 149, will go out to ATL at 7:25 same flight number.
At gate B4 (25) DC-9-32 N3335L is preparing for it's 7:50 departure to MEM flight 505:
Lastly, at gate B6 (21) we find DC-9-32 N3336L getting ready to head out to CVG at 7:20...flight 755.
Concourse D finds Allegheny DC-9-31 N964VJ at gate D2 (2) going out at 8:00 to EWR flight 972.
BAC 1-11 N1130J is at gate D4 (4) going to CMH, was scheduled to leave at 6:30, but has been delayed until 7:15 due to fog at CMH.
Lastly, we see DC-9-31 N952VJ at gate D6 (6) scheduled out to ORD at 7:00....will be leaving the gate VERY soon..flight 832. (I know, this scheme wasn't introduced until 1975, but I wanted to keep this interesting)
I will do more of these as I get more Excel data...I'll try to keep it as interesting as I can.
Note that concourse C does not appear in this time frame (was not completed until 1987)
Purpleplane
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IND November 13, 1981 7:15 pm. 1981 was an exciting year for IND. April 26th saw the introduction of Continental Airlines service to and from DEN (and by July added SDF routed DEN-IND-SDF-IND-DEN) with 3 daily 727-224s, and October 1st saw new service from PeopleExpress to/from EWR with 3 daily 737's (incidentally, this was the first scheduled passenger service into IND with 737s...the very first with cargo only was Federal Express in November 1979. Unfortunately, PeopleExpress did not last very long at IND....disappeared after December 1981.
We'll begin at concourse A, and while things overall are a bit sparse aircraft-wise, we do have each of the newest airlines making an appearance.
Starting at gate A2 (31) we find TWA 727-231 N54336, arrived at 6:49 flight 184 from MCI, going out to LGA at 7:20 same flight number.
Gate A5 (34) we find PeopleExpress 737-217 N435PE after arriving from EWR at 7:11 flight 235, going back to EWR at 7:40 flight 236.
At concourse B, we see American 727-223 N6805 at gate B1 (20),arrived from ORD at 5:40 flight 142, going back to ORD at 9:06 flight 387.
The next gate over, B2 (22) we see Continental 727-224 N88708, flight 45 arrived from SDF at 6:04, going out to DEN at 7:23.
We'll finish up at concourse D, were we see USAir DC-9-31 N933VJ at gate D4 (4), just arrived from PIT at 7:12 flight 105, going out to EVV at 7:40.
At gate D6 (6) we find USAir DC-9-31 N927VJ arrived at 6:51 from EWR, flight 219, going out to LEX at 7:25.
At gate D8 (8) we see 727-22C N753AL just arrived at 6:59, flight 62 from PHX, will be going out to BUF at 7:36.
Last, we see Ozark DC-9-31 N983Z at gate D9 (9) flight 521 from PHL at 6:58, continuing on to STL at 7:19.
We'll begin at concourse A, and while things overall are a bit sparse aircraft-wise, we do have each of the newest airlines making an appearance.
Starting at gate A2 (31) we find TWA 727-231 N54336, arrived at 6:49 flight 184 from MCI, going out to LGA at 7:20 same flight number.
Gate A5 (34) we find PeopleExpress 737-217 N435PE after arriving from EWR at 7:11 flight 235, going back to EWR at 7:40 flight 236.
At concourse B, we see American 727-223 N6805 at gate B1 (20),arrived from ORD at 5:40 flight 142, going back to ORD at 9:06 flight 387.
The next gate over, B2 (22) we see Continental 727-224 N88708, flight 45 arrived from SDF at 6:04, going out to DEN at 7:23.
We'll finish up at concourse D, were we see USAir DC-9-31 N933VJ at gate D4 (4), just arrived from PIT at 7:12 flight 105, going out to EVV at 7:40.
At gate D6 (6) we find USAir DC-9-31 N927VJ arrived at 6:51 from EWR, flight 219, going out to LEX at 7:25.
At gate D8 (8) we see 727-22C N753AL just arrived at 6:59, flight 62 from PHX, will be going out to BUF at 7:36.
Last, we see Ozark DC-9-31 N983Z at gate D9 (9) flight 521 from PHL at 6:58, continuing on to STL at 7:19.
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Purpleplane
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I don't know about everyone else, but I'm really enjoying doing these....thought I would do one last one today..
IND June 4th, 1979 time 1455.
We'll start at concourse A:
Gate A2 TWA 737-31 N833TW arrived at 1323 from LGA flight 463, going back to LGA at 1540 flight 416.
At gate A4, TWA 707-331B N8733 arrived from STL at 1405, flight 56, going back to STL at 1605 flight 139.
At gate A8, TWA 727-231 N64323 arrived at 1441 from DCA, flight 229, will continue on to MCI at 1510.
Gate A5, Ozark DC-9-31 N988Z flight 922 from DSM arrived at 1454, continuing on to PHL at 1510.
At concourse B.
Gate B1. American 727-23 N1988 flight 374 from DFW arrived at 1457, going back to DFW at 1545 flight 471.
Gate B2.
American DC-10-10 N118AA arrived from ORD at 1449 flight 220, going back to ORD at 1600 flight 617.
Gate B4:
Delta DC-9-32 N3335L flight 806 from ATL arrived 1454, continuing on to DTW at 1515.
Gate B5
Delta 727-232A N458DA flight 654 from TPA arrived 1451, continuing on to FWA at 1516.
Gate B6.
Delta DC-9-32 N3336L flight 822 from MEM arrived 1438, scheduled on to CLE at 1458, just a slight delay...should be pushing from the gate any time now.
Note...there is nothing at concourse D in this time frame.
I currently have enough data to do at least one a year from 1974 through 1981, and also from 2003 through the the last day of operations at this terminal in October 2008.
IND June 4th, 1979 time 1455.
We'll start at concourse A:
Gate A2 TWA 737-31 N833TW arrived at 1323 from LGA flight 463, going back to LGA at 1540 flight 416.
At gate A4, TWA 707-331B N8733 arrived from STL at 1405, flight 56, going back to STL at 1605 flight 139.
At gate A8, TWA 727-231 N64323 arrived at 1441 from DCA, flight 229, will continue on to MCI at 1510.
Gate A5, Ozark DC-9-31 N988Z flight 922 from DSM arrived at 1454, continuing on to PHL at 1510.
At concourse B.
Gate B1. American 727-23 N1988 flight 374 from DFW arrived at 1457, going back to DFW at 1545 flight 471.
Gate B2.
American DC-10-10 N118AA arrived from ORD at 1449 flight 220, going back to ORD at 1600 flight 617.
Gate B4:
Delta DC-9-32 N3335L flight 806 from ATL arrived 1454, continuing on to DTW at 1515.
Gate B5
Delta 727-232A N458DA flight 654 from TPA arrived 1451, continuing on to FWA at 1516.
Gate B6.
Delta DC-9-32 N3336L flight 822 from MEM arrived 1438, scheduled on to CLE at 1458, just a slight delay...should be pushing from the gate any time now.
Note...there is nothing at concourse D in this time frame.
I currently have enough data to do at least one a year from 1974 through 1981, and also from 2003 through the the last day of operations at this terminal in October 2008.
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