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Photo: Google Earth It could have been so different. It was the end of the 1960s and the "Golden Age of Flying" of gourmet meals, cigars and endless champagne and was still in flow. Concorde was being developed, as was a US rival –the Boeing 2707, and the age of supersonic jets was about to transform the way the world travelled. The American alligator thrives in Florida's Everglades and provides an incredible sightseeing experience. You will now receive updates from Traveller Newsletter Traveller Newsletter Get the latest news and updates emai...

In an alternate reality, the name Everglades Jetport would be synonymous with glamour and luxury. It would be a name on the lips of the rich and the famous as they arrive off their supersonic jets in the US from distant destinations around the globe, before being whisked off to the nearby bright lights of Miami and beyond. Instead, the name is now long forgotten. All that remains is one lone, large runway in the middle of a swamp, a sad relic of what was going to be the world’s biggest airport. It could have been so different. It was the end of the 1960s and the “Golden Age of Flying�...

Everglades: The 'world's greatest airport' that never was CNN 1 hr ago © Courtesy of Miami-Dade Aviation Department It was supposed to be the world's largest airport, a glamorous intercontinental hub for supersonic airliners with six runways and high-speed rail links to surrounding cities. But today, it's little more than an airstrip in the middle of nowhere. The Everglades Jetport, as it was called when the project launched in 1968, started its life right at the end of the Golden Age of air travel, when plane cabins were filled with the smoke of cigars and the clinking of silverware. ©...