Description
The term “airportness” has been used to describe the architectural feel of modern terminals and concourses. In his third book about airports, Christopher Schaberg argues that airportness is not just a way of thinking about design, but also the feelings and sensations related to everyday patterns of flight. It is seeing planes in the sky, recognizing vague roars from above, and interpreting the routines of air travel–from sliding doors, to jet bridge, to lavatory. Airportness: The Nature of Flight departs from where The End of Airports left off, speculating about the future of flight and contemplating aircraft as they appear in a variety of contexts. Airportness explores how planes have become surprisingly natural objects: experienced as unquestionable set pieces, props, and passages…airportness is the rumbling background noise of the jet age. 1. Preflight 2. Ride to the Airport 3. Curbside 4. Boarding Pass 5. Security 6. Walk to the Gate 7. People Watching 8. Attack 9. Waiting 10. Workers 11. Art 12. Gate Change 13. Gate Lice 14. Fishing Shirts 15. Runway 16. Holding 17. Takeoff 18. Window Seat 19. Sunrise 20. Armrests 21. New Planes 22. Airplane Reading I 23. Consider the Lavatory 24. Snacking 25. Initial Descent 26. Connection 27. Play 28. Sparrows 29. Twitter 30. Breakfast 31. 747 32. Colin Farrell 33. In-flight Entertainment I: Somewhere 34. In-flight Entertainment II: The Force Awakens 35. Airplane Reading II 36. Plane Sighting 37. Higher Still 38. Entanglements 39. In-flight Entertainment III: United 93 40. Old Planes 41. Gender 42. Water Landing 43. Arrival 44. Destination 45. Baggage 46. Exit 47. Home Acknowledgments Bibliography Index
