The Sunport and Other Aero-Topics

The Wright Brothers developed flight via airplane in 1903, nine years before New Mexico became a state. Later, a private airport was developed in Albuquerque in the '20s. As Albuquerque experienced steady population growth, this private airport grew and acquired the name "Oxnard Field." Then, the Western Air Express Airport was built on the west side of Albuquerque. This airport eventually served Trans World Airlines. A new public airport, the Albuquerque Municipal Airport, was built in 1939. By 1965, the Albuquerque Sunport terminal had finished construction. The Western Air Express Airport stopped operating in 1967. The Albuquerque Sunport was renamed to the Albuquerque International Airport in 1971.

In the future, we should have more advanced airplanes that are faster and more energy efficient than the ones we have today. There is a possibility that the planes of the future will generally hold more people as well. There is also a possibility that security techniques will improve so that airport security will be a tad more lenient.

Albuquerque Sunport

1. This video is talking about the airports in NM and showing that how it developed.
By 1913 pilots were using a simple landing strip in NM.
In 1928, two santafe railroad employees built a private airport in albuquerque. that was the first airplane landing field built on east Mesa. in the ten years from 1920 to 1930 the city grew from just over fifteen thousand people to over twenty six thousand people. soon other individuals and promoters see albuquerque as a crossroads location for southwestern air traffic.


2. I think air travel will keep developing. and it will make our life
more comfortable

70 Years Of History Of The Sunport

        1.  Aviation in Albuquerque and in New Mexico was booming in the early 1900's. By 1913 some pilots were  using a simple landing strip at the end of the University of New Mexico. In 1928, two Santa Fe rail road employes  built a private airport in Albuquerque using equipment from the city and they made two run ways on  the east mesa four miles from downtown. In the ten years from 1920-1930 Albuquerque grew from 15,000 to 26,000 people. Some people saw Albuquerque as a cross roads location. The two competing  airports eventually join to make TWA the first national airline to fly out of New Mexico.  In 1955 TWA flight 260 became an historic  flight that crashed into the the Sandia Peak (the watermelon mountains). Later that year the city was talking about making a public airport with WPA money. The airport opens with two paved run ways and a pueblo style terminal building. In April 1941 a B-22 bomber lands on the strip. Today this is  known as Kirtland Airforce Base. In 1962 President John F. Kennedy  visits Sandia National labs for a weapons debriefing. In 1965 construction is completed on a building called  The Albuquerque International Sunport.


2.  I think travel in the future will be cool because we can develop hover craft that is floating above the earth. Our world will be filled with technology and I will be interested in  what this future model transportation might be. Space travel will become more affordable and I think that the New Mexico Spaceport located in Southern New Mexico will be very popular and world famous.

Sunport

In 1903, the write brothers invented powered flight. This invention completely changed the way people travel. And on 1939, the abq municipal runway opened with just a few hangars Andre ways. By 1960, over 200,000 people inhabited abq, so the airport kept on growing. By the late 1970's and early 1980's, the support was established. It was later named the abq international support. I think that in the future, people will still be flying to their destinations. However, there will be advances in plane technology and fuel efficiency.

Albuquerque Sunport

1. Throughout the video the narrator mentions various  facts from time to time of the airports that have been built near or in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It's mentioned that it's the Albuquerque's Sun-port is 70 years old.The Anniversary was celebrated in the August of 2009. The Sunport was really founded from four airports. Oxnard field, Western Air Express Airport,  Albuquerque International Airport, and Kirkland Air Force Base these are the airports that the Sunport that we know to today was founded from. The airplanes that had landed here had been using a simple landing strip near the New Mexico university The Albuquerque Airport had started from a simple private airport to what was thought a good spot to refuel in the southern part of the United States,and  so some buyers had bought the private airport. From thence that airport had expanded since then to now. The Kirkland Air-force base had been a landing spot for air-force pilots to refuel to re-fuel at. Later on the   it had been used for WWII benefits, and later had been given four pilots to train recruits. Then later used to store out dated planes for since a vast, dry, arid land could be used for. This had given us the Albuquerque International Sun-Port of today. I think that the way we have been advancing in modern technology that air travel will never be the same. Look at what idea the Wright Brothers had given us, and today we have made it into huge air-crafts that can hold various people on board to travel. In some cases I think that we might solve our problem with a sustainable source of energy, and then we'll advance even more to into the aviation of tomorrow.

celebrating 70 years

 first the airport was four air ports, oxnard field, western air express airport, Albuquerque international     sunport, and kirtland air force base. albuquerque is one of the oldest cities in america and is very diverse .  the city then grew from 15,000 people to 26,000. oxnard had a restaurant that became very popular for awhile. what i see in airports in the future is some super high teach security system and a faster way to get to the airports. like a special road for people going to the airport, and at the end you show them your tickets or something like that. also hopefully they will open up and area so you can see the airplanes go off. i hope they have a better selection off food to, like a restaurant with tables that would be cool.  

70 years is a long time

The video talks about the airports and how the Sunport has changed through the years and how it has changed to the sunport from all of the other airports moving to the west side. It has expanded and slowly added more flights and how it has been part of the innovations through the years. Like the one of the first airplanes with pressurized air and how the New Mexico heritage has been put in to the airport design. The Space Port is the new way to travel if it will ever get of the ground. The plan's are going to be expensive but I think its worth it.