In 1955, Walter Lord's best-selling Titanic book, A Night To Remember, drew readers into the glamorous world of Edwardian-era celebrity. The captivating portraits of dozens of famous and less-famous travellers, trapped on sinking cruise ship, was a compelling tale that brought audiences back for no less than five retellings in theaters.

The confluence of celebrity and disaster on a giant scale is a modern cultural magnet, and no film succeeded better in building a fictional drama of this genre than Ross Hunter's 1970 film of Arthur Hailey's Airport.

Airport's convergent series of subplots and narrative intersections spans more than forty interlaced dramas. Within these pages, we'll examine the characters, the stories, the locales, the stakes, and the outcomes.

I flat-out love every moment of this movie. I've watched this film at least once a month for the past twenty years. Every time I watch it, I discover something new, lurking in a corner of the frame or in the background of the main action. This film is rock-solid drama and ridiculously maudlin melodrama, all packed into 137 minutes.

Twelve years ago, I promised myself that I'd build a website about Airport. Now, it's finally coming in for a landing. Enjoy! You need not acknowledge further transmissions.