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Various selection of pictures from 2008 in KSAN Airport Tour. Click on pictures for medium view. Right-click/save to save and/or view different resolutions.

		The start of the tour, checking out the pet potty stop at the airport. KSAN save file:    small    medium    large
		Terminal 1 at San Diego International. I get some sorta random stuff in the mail being a pilot. One of the newsletters mentioned a special tour KSAN puts on once or twice a month...so i signed up. KSAN save file:    small    medium    large
		From the overhead bridge looking east over T1. There's going to be a 2nd story drop-off here sooner or later.. KSAN save file:    small    medium    large
		Some airport expansion is planned for the dirt/former dump for the marines. Some punk(ass) chick said they dumped radioactive and nuclear stuff here... (uh-huh.. she had it in for the military i guess) San Diego International Airport save file:    small    medium    large
		A great tour the ?, director of airport ops. Punk girl is in the back w/ vans. KSAN save file:    small    medium    large
		We drove around in a bus and got head phones to hear the guide talk. KSAN save file:    small    medium    large
		Approaching the security gate (where i have almost went a few times), there's a UPS plane there... KSAN save file:    small    medium    large
		We're driving down the side side of the taxiway heading east and this United plane is catching up to us... KSAN save file:    small    medium    large
		The birders go nuts here. Some sort of bird nests here and thier chicks run around for a month or two before they fly away. KSAN save file:    small    medium    large
		Blast fence. Our road (and the main road to the airport) are right behind it. KSAN save file:    small    medium    large
		These little ballons are scattered around the airport to scare birds away. KSAN save file:    small    medium    large
		The black wire/boxes are part of the detection system. So no climbing the fences... KSAN save file:    small    medium    large
		Do you know where all the poo goes from the planes? Right here! Via the honey wagons. KSAN save file:    small    medium    large
		Jim's Air, FBO that was recently bought out by a big conglomerate. KSAN save file:    small    medium    large
		This little dinky building used to be important... the main terminal or something. KSAN save file:    small    medium    large
		Note the windows.. converted into freight. KSAN save file:    small    medium    large
		The big boys of the air... KSAN save file:    small    medium    large
		The tower. The spinning white/round thing is the ground radar. KSAN save file:    small    medium    large
		KSAN ATIS i believe. KSAN save file:    small    medium    large
		The end of the runway. See the steps? That's crushable concrete that will collapse when a plane gets on top, used to slow it down in an emergency. KSAN save file:    small    medium    large
		The tarmac. As in tarmacadam. As in asphalt. But it's made of concrete! KSAN save file:    small    medium    large