Gerard,
They remind me of some of the 'hardstands' used in wartime to prevent
an explosion in one from hitting the neighboring aircraft.
Leon Wise
On Jan 6, 2005, at 3:28 PM, Gerard M Foley wrote:
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>> What is the purpose of the big walls between each aircaft?
>>
>> Are they occupied with pax,offices,what?
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>> http://www.airliners.net/open.file/749691/L/
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> I see that they contain jetways at the bottom. The buildings they are
> attached to look pretty high, as if they were multistory.
>
> I don't remember them in 1999, the last time I was in Frankfurt.
>
> Gerry
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