Landing gear of airplanes and its bearing upon airport development; advantages and disadvantages of various landing surfaces; sod with extensive sub-surface drainage best for airports with small amount of traffic; concrete best for very large airports; drainage systems; catapult for starting planes predicted; terminal facilities and illumination. (See also Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs. -- Advance paper for mtg Aug. 27-30, 1928 3 pp.; Popular Aviation, vol. 3, no. 4, Oct. 1928, pp. 66, 68 and 117-118)


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    Title :

    Modern airports and airport planning


    Additional title:

    Airports


    Contributors:
    Shaw, B.R. (author)

    Published in:

    Airports ; 1 , n 6


    Publication date :

    1928


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Modern airports and airport planning

    Shaw, B.R. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1928





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