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    Beijing's New 2-Mile Long Terminal Opens

    Said to be the world's largest building and designed by renowned architect Sir Norman Foster, the new terminal at Beijing Capital Airport is two miles long and covers 245 acres, and perhaps most stunningly, was built in only 4 years.

    BBC video tour: http://www.breitbart.tv/html/55054.html
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    Re: Beijing's New 2-Mile Long Terminal Opens

    "Attention passengers waiting at gate 1; your flight has been moved to gate 1000 and departs in two minutes. Good luck!"
    Phil Gengler - NYCA's "other Phil"

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    Re: Beijing's New 2-Mile Long Terminal Opens

    Believe it or not, the McNamara at Detroit is the second longest terminal behind this one.
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    Re: Beijing's New 2-Mile Long Terminal Opens

    Quote Originally Posted by pgengler
    "Attention passengers waiting at gate 1; your flight has been moved to gate 1000 and departs in two minutes. Good luck!"
    HAH! That ACTUALLY happened to me last month when I was there. My Air China A340 was scheduled to be at gate 60-something, and they moved it to 4 at the last minute. It was so far we took buses there :P

    Such a wild and so unnecessarily gargantuous airport, which is rather Beijing-esque in terms of the "look at what we can do cuz we're better than you, basically"-ness ...

    I love China :)

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    Re: Beijing's New 2-Mile Long Terminal Opens

    Tons of interior shots in this link, photographed the night before it opened, really beautiful design, wow !

    http://bbs.feeyo.com/posts/306/topic-0016-3068676.html

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