Posted on 01/29/2018 12:38:11 PM PST by ro_dreaming
While airport terminal architecture has a solid history of style and innovation, rarely is a proposal put forth to utterly redesign the runway. But that’s precisely the aim of Henk Hesselink, a Dutch scientist working with the Netherlands Aerospace Centre.
Dubbed the “endless runway”, Hesselink’s brainchild is a 360-degree landing strip measuring more than two miles in diameter. Since airplanes would be able to approach and take off from any direction around the proposed circle, they wouldn’t have to fight against crosswinds. And three planes would be able to take off or land at the same time.
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Isn't that where congress meets?
I was driving through rural Maryland the other day, and they have put these silly traffic circles all over the place. What could have been handled with a simple stop sign is now a major production.
Also, little towns in Maryland have speed cameras set up all over the place.
So if you thought it might be nice to take a drive in the country, and maybe drop a few bucks at a local service station or restaurant, think again. That $30 lunch will cost you $100 once you pay the ticket for going 39 in a 35, caught on camera and delivered in the mail.
Dodecahedral would be interesting.....................
I would love to see his concept of an aircraft carrier.....
Would like to hear the opinion of a jet pilot on how practical a round runway would be. Im thinking centrifugal forces could be problematic.
We could make circular aircraft carriers too !
Not to mention all the people who live near, but currently not under the established flight paths. This nutso plan will make all areas for 100 square miles of the runway loud and will result in phone calls like this...
“I just moved into my new $750,000 house and the airplanes are loud. I demand that you make quieter engines, move the flight path and stop flying after 9pm and not before 8 am. That’s when my baby sleeps at night. Also, her naptime is from 1-3 pm. No flights then either.”
I had that racecar track when I was a kid!
It never ended well. :(
Somebody do the math on how much centrifugal force would be put on a 200,000-300,000 lb airplane turning hard left at 175 mph on its landing gear, braking to stop in less than 4000 ft.
And don't call me Shirley!
So that’s why they are so expensive here its the transportation costs ...
I want to see an airport designed by Escher!
Ask the pilots first!
Wouldn’t be humans doing the piloting.
Seriously - that was my first thought
Levels! That’s my plan!
In Hyannis, MA, there's a body shop right near a big rotary with the name, "Rotary Collision."
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