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Old December 27th 06, 12:24 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Larry Dighera
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Default Circular runways for airports?


Larry Dighera wrote:
Now here's an idea almost as good as underground airports*:



http://www.newscientist.com/article/...-airports.html
A CIRCULAR runway ...


On 26 Dec 2006 11:53:03 -0800, "Robert M. Gary"
wrote in .com:

They correctly pointed out some (but not all) of the cons. Where is the
pro??


So you like the idea of underground airports, eh? :-)

The answer to your question seems to be contained in the first
paragraph:

One particular advantage is that it would save one-third of the
space occupied by a conventional airport of equal capacity.

 




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