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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday April 22 2017, @07:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the roundabouts-for-airplanes dept.

BBC News has a follow-up article to the circular airport runway proposal:

Last month we published a video arguing the case for circular runways at airports, as part of a series called World Hacks. It took off and went viral. The video has had more than 36 million views on Facebook and generated heated debate on social media - including within the aviation community. Many people are sceptical about the concept.

So we decided to hand-pick some of the top concerns and put them straight to the man proposing the idea: Dutch engineer Henk Hesselink. This is what he had to say.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @11:53PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @11:53PM (#498113)

    To paraphrase:

    If you're wondering how they'll land the planes
    And other science facts,
    Then repeat to yourself, "It's just a concept
    I should really just relax"

    But if you want actual excerpts:

    Either we put a simple form of ILS on each direction of the runway, or we can install a movable ILS-system that will move around the runway, for example on a rail-track . It is a bit far-fetched, I know.

    We have been thinking about building offices and parking spaces under the runway and the remaining heat could be transferred to the runway, but this is an idea that will need further exploration.

    If someone one hundred years ago would have said that we would be transporting as many passengers in aircraft as we would in trains, people may have thought , "a steam engine would never fit in an aircraft made of wood and ropes".