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So the airport was designed as brick and it was designed as arches. we had huge, big parabolic arches like this out facing the apron, and then a barrel arch that went behind them to enclose the terminal building. and the afghans were, they were experts on that kind of construction. well, the russians had built this beautiful airport in kabul, so usa said, wait a minute, we can t have the russians building. that s my opinion building airports up in kabul, we ve got to do something too, so they built one up in kandahar with usaid money. correct? that s right. yeah. in 1973, king zahir shah s ....
As arches. we had huge, big parabolic arches like this out facing the apron, and then a barrel arch that went behind them to enclose the terminal building. and the afghans were, they were experts on that kind of construction. well, the russians had built this beautiful airport in kabul, so usa said, wait a minute, we can t have the russians building. that s my opinion building airports up in kabul, we ve got to do something too, so they built one up in kandahar with usaid money. correct? that s right. yeah. in 1973, king zahir shah s cousin daoud khan overthrew him in a bloodless coup. ....
Kandahar was all adobe and brick there was no timber and no steel so the airport was designed as brick and it was designed as arches. we had huge, big parabolic arches like this out facing the apron, and then a barrel arch that went behind them to enclose the terminal building. and the afghans were, they were experts on that kind of construction. well, the russians had built this beautiful airport in kabul, so usa said, wait a minute, we can t have the russians building. that s my opinion building airports up in kabul, we ve got to do something too, so they built one up in kandahar with usaid money. correct? that s right. yeah. ....
When a plane stopped to refuel everybody got out and stayed over night wherever you were on the way while the aircraft was serviced, and then the pilots and everybody would get back on it the next morning! it was designed to use the maximum of local materials. and all construction around kandahar was all adobe and brick there was no timber and no steel so the airport was designed as brick and it was designed as arches. we had huge, big parabolic arches like this out facing the apron, and then a barrel arch that went behind them to enclose the terminal building. and the afghans were, they were experts on that kind of construction. well, the russians had built this beautiful airport in kabul, ....
So the airport was designed as brick and it was designed as arches. we had huge, big parabolic arches like this out facing the apron, and then a barrel arch that went behind them to enclose the terminal building. and the afghans were, they were experts on that kind of construction. well, the russians had built this beautiful airport in kabul, so usa said, wait a minute, we can t have the russians building. that s my opinion building airports up in kabul, we ve got to do something too, so they built one up in kandahar with usaid money. correct? that s right. yeah. in 1973, king zahir shah s cousin daoud khan overthrew him in a bloodless coup. he declared afghanistan a republic and himself the first president. daoud khan rode the tiger of his times, balancing big investments from the americans ....