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Didnt know buses could load aircraft
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Yep, Washington Dulles used to use them, I went on one in the mid '80's while boarding a PA 747.
It connected to the terminal, you boarded the mobile gate lounge, which was raised to terminal level like a scissor jack on a catering truck, after it disconnected from the terminal, it was lowered and driven to an aircraft on a remote stand, the lounge was then raised up to aircraft door level and you boarded the aircraft. The vehicle carried about 120 pax at a time.
