October 23, 200519 yr Hmmm...given the aircraft types on the ramp, it looks like this photo is from the early 70s or very late 60s. If so, my wager would be that it is CVG in its infant days. Indeed it looks absolutely nothing like it looks today, if this is the case.
May 17, 200817 yr The long thread of building heading out towards the southeast was the passenger concourse. On the roof of the building was an observation deck that cost 10 cents (5 cents?) to enter. Once you were on the deck you were looking down onto the planes as they were being loaded and people were boarding (using the portable stairways). Unfortunately most of the photos that I took during the 1960's are gone. I had several pictures from the observation deck....
May 17, 200817 yr The commercial jets are a dead give away...as those types have never been at Lunken from my understanding.
June 9, 200817 yr Yes, that is what is known today as Terminal 1. It is now closed/no airlines fly out of it. It still houses the airport board offices, an employment office and the employee badging/secured area training rooms.
June 11, 200817 yr Here is the building in the center... http://maps.google.com/maps?q=cvg&ie=UTF8&ll=39.054876,-84.661455&spn=0.002066,0.004656&t=h&z=18
June 13, 200817 yr Looks to me if they just broke ground on what is now Terminal 1, just to the left of the building in the photo. Notice the cleared and fenced off parking area...
June 13, 200817 yr Yes, that is what is known today as Terminal 1. It is now closed/no airlines fly out of it. It still houses the airport board offices, an employment office and the employee badging/secured area training rooms. Terminal 1 is still open and is to the south of the parking garage in the liked Google Map Air Photo by twnipper. There is a covered walkway that links it to the garage. That has the KCAB (Kenton County Airport Board) offices you speak of. The old building in the photo is just to the left (west) of Terminal 1, not sure what its used for now. The strip of asphalt in the mid-ground of the photo is actually the middle N-S runway (North is to the right of the photo, and the direction of the view is generally to the SW). Looks to be an old diagonal runway in the background, since removed (Still evident in this photo in the alignment of the service road, and old airport property line http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=&daddr=39.055309,-84.662544&mra=mi&mrsp=0&sz=18&sll=39.055368,-84.662603&sspn=0.00292,0.003653&ie=UTF8&ll=39.049952,-84.673691&spn=0.023363,0.029225&t=h&z=15) If the "B" flag shows up in the Google Map I linked, that is what I think the front of the building is in the photo. The original building may have been modified substantally
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