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Speaking of airport playsets...lets see if any of you had this when you were a kid.
When I was growing up, I believe the maker was Kenner, and it was a "JFK Airport Playset". Came with a Little terminal building, where you lifted up the base of the control tower slipped on a cheap little record and it played ATC transmissions, came with a red hangar with 3 bays, one for AA/TW/and PA, along with 3 white 707's and a runway carboard mat,
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Also had a huge UA 727-100, that was all white plastic, the front door opened and the rear stairs, ran on batteries and was loud. This thing was huge, and I lost this when I moved also at 14, actually got smashed by the movers
I remember seeing this hanging from the ceiling in FAO Schwartz. I never got one though and always regretted it. I did get an metal, Aero-Mini Pan Am 747 which I still have to this day (along with a BOAC VC-10, Eastern DC-8-63, Blue Brannif 727, and TWA DC-9-14 among others)