today let's visit the airport of a large city this is the main building of the airport it's called the terminal at this airport many planes come and go every day many people work here they do many kinds of work helping airplanes land and takeoff these manner can track of airplanes in the air this radio man in the airport is talking to the pilot of a plane in the air and hears the pilot he's high in the air and his plane is plane is about ten minutes away from the airport it's time to find out about a landing so the pilot talks to another man at the airport a man in the control tower he will help the pilot land safely now the pilot can see the landing field you can see the runways where planes land and take off you can see the airport buildings around the field in this room at the airport other passengers are waiting for planes here comes a man who wants to get the next plane flying west a plane to the west asked the ticket clerk yes sir we have one leaving at two twenty flight six zero a mime just let me check to see if there's a seat left on that plane to make sure that ticket clerk phones to a clerk in another office she looks to see how many people are listed for flight six o nine and she finds there is one seat left these guards are busy all the time taking care of the people who want to get seats on planes the ticket clerk reports that there is a seat on flight six o nine now the clerk makes out the ticket and says the plane will be ready soon the plane is in one of the hangars where men work on the planes is the plane for flight six o nine workmen are taking it out to the ramp let's see what has to be done before it takes off here's a man in one of the kitchens at the airport he's getting the meals ready for flight six o nine his helpers are busy placing the food on special trays each passenger will get one of these trays of food when the plane is in the air the food is taken in these containers to the plane here in the mail room men are getting the mail bags ready for flight six o nine this man weighs each bag of air ma the passenger's baggage is carefully checked to as each suitcase is sent to the baggage room the baggage man writes down the number of the suitcase all the bags stacked on this truck belong to passengers on flight six o nine here's the ramp chief he has to make sure the plane has everything it needs the chief is telling the man who help him what has to be done before flight six o nine can leave this helper is going out to the plane on the ramp he watches the trucks carrying out the containers filled with food trays he watches the truck loaded with passengers baggage coming up on this side of the plane he sees that these men fill the gasoline tanks in the wings of the plane now let's watch the loading here are the big containers filled with food trays the baggage goes into another part of the plane the passengers are all aboard their baggage is loaded their meals are on the plane the mal private planes use this airport to over here is a little single engine plane but where's the pilot is at the airport weather bureau the weather man is showing him maps that tell about the weather the pilot is flying north from these maps he can tell what the weather is like between the airport in the city he's flying to and the weather map showing what kinds of winds there are high in the air from the maps and from talking to the weather man the pilot learns that it's safe for him to fly north and now the pilot leaves the weather bureau he goes to this room to write out his plans for his flight so the people in charge of all flying at the airport will noise plans he writes down his name and where he's starting from and where he is going from all that the pilot has written down the man at the airport who control flying well know just where he is all the time that's how they keep track of all the planes in the air the pilot is ready for his flight north now the pilot takes off on his  the air board is a busy place with many workers these workers make it possible for pilots to bring in their planes to have them taken care of on the ground and to take off on flights to all parts of the world