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The awesome airports of the future that were never built

By Jesus Diaz Published November 27, 2013, 9:38 am ET

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Gizmodo’s Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan has a selection of 12 radical and sadly unbuilt airports from 100 years of air travel. Some of them are really crazy and impractical, but others could are the stuff of your sci-fi dreams.

https://gizmodo.com/12-radical-unbuilt-airport-designs-from-100-years-of-a-1472198637

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