{"id":1846,"date":"2016-07-06T07:30:07","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T12:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/?p=1846"},"modified":"2016-07-05T05:33:45","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T10:33:45","slug":"abu-dhabi-airport-palace-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/abu-dhabi-airport-palace-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"Abu Dhabi Airport &#8211; A Palace in the Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These are my continuing thoughts as I journey from the United States, ultimately to Thailand.\u00a0 However, I am still in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates as I write this piece.\u00a0 When I exited the giant Boeing 777, which I wrote about in my last blog, I was greeted by the Abu Dhabi heat and many strange sights &#8212; Abu Dhabi Airport &#8211; A Palace in the Desert.<\/p>\n<p>First the heat, even on the Jetway, it was able to seep into the cracks and warm the walkway as noon approached.\u00a0 It was nearly 38 Celsius, which is 100 Fahrenheit.\u00a0 Funny, as we flew across the Atlantic and Europe, I could get current weather condition in the UAE.\u00a0 It was pretty much a steady 100 all morning.\u00a0 Wow.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the heat there were two fantastic sights on the ground.\u00a0 The first I thought must be a tall luxury hotel \u2013 then I spotted the familiar black panel glass at the top of the tall structure.\u00a0 It was the Abu Dhabi Control Tower, a work of modern art.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Abu-Dhabi-Control-Tower-e1467708828290.jpg\" alt=\"Abu Dhabi Control Tower\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>As I looked left of that structure I could see another huge structure, still under construction.\u00a0 It was enormous and modern looking.\u00a0 I asked the attendant what it was \u2013 a new terminal was my correct guess.\u00a0 Funny, it seems like the current terminal is pretty modern already.\u00a0 I am including a photo of the construction and what it will look like when it is finished.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Abu-Dhabi-Terminal.jpg\" alt=\"New Abu Dhabi Terminal Under Construction\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Abu-Dhabi-Terminal-Completed-e1467706933583.jpg\" alt=\"This is what the new Abu Dhabi Terminal will look like\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>So here I am \u2013 in the middle of the desert and I see these beautiful and modern and expensive structures.\u00a0 Where did all the money come from for these projects?\u00a0 The answer is a three letter word \u2013 O-I-L.\u00a0 The UAE has a lot of it.\u00a0 I thought wow, the impact of the automobile and airplanes.\u00a0 If the automobile (powered by gasoline engines) had not become the standard of transportation in many parts of the globe, then the UAE would look very different.\u00a0 It would likely consist of Bedouin herds (much like Abraham in the Bible \u2013 see photos) scratching out a living in the heat.\u00a0 While there are still Bedouins in the UAE, there are also resorts, hotels, and Formula One Racing \u2013 not to mention a very modern airport and airline.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Bedouin-Shepherd-e1467708953999.jpg\" alt=\"A Bedouin Shepherd\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Bedouins-e1467709100271.jpg\" alt=\"Bedouins on the Move\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s amazing to think that two events in the early 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century\u2013 the Wright Brothers exploits in Kitty Hawk and Henry Ford making the automobile affordable in Detroit \u2013 have very much reshaped the world, especially the Middle East, in the early 21 Century.\u00a0 Abu Dhabi Airport &#8211; 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