FloridaPilot
Pattern Altitude
I just don't get how a circular runway will be greener. I also don't get why people build houses next to airports and expect neighborhoods to be quiet...
What do you think?
This is a bad idea.
Also I recall this making the rounds about 3 years ago.
My guess is that the guy who's pushing this is hoping to find a new round of suckers to give him money to "develop" this scheme.Not sure why the resurgence.
This is a bad idea.
Also I recall this making the rounds about 3 years ago. Not sure why the resurgence.
What would a go around look like?
How about this? Spencer NOLF has 16 runways. Each 1800' long x 150' wide. I love how this looks on the chart. (It looks like the spaceships from the old arcade video game Omega Race.) I've flown over it, and it looks just like that.
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Interesting, and a lot easier for pilots to deal with than that goofy circular runway idea!How about this? Spencer NOLF has 16 runways. Each 1800' long x 150' wide. I love how this looks on the chart. (It looks like the spaceships from the old arcade video game Omega Race.) I've flown over it, and it looks just like that.
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Just because someone created a fancy concept video because he was watching crosswind landing videos on YouTube doesn't mean it might happen. There are some fundamental airport operations, runway safety, and air traffic concerns that are totally ignored by this concept.
Not exactly a circular runway - but definitely a round airport: Tempelhof, Berlin Germany :https://www.tip-berlin.de/wp-content/uploads/Tempelhof_luftbild__Markus_W__chter_BLZ.jpg
I just don't get how a circular runway will be greener. I also don't get why people build houses next to airports and expect neighborhoods to be quiet...
What do you think?
This whole concept will be shot down as soon as they are required to buy the land to do it.
By the time they get it started, telepathic transportation will be a reality. (beam me up Scotty)Runway safety zones would have to be circles at distance away from the airport, not arcs...
By the time they get it started, telepathic transportation will be a reality. (beam me up Scotty)
My guess is that the guy who's pushing this is hoping to find a new round of suckers to give him money to "develop" this scheme.
Anybody know what the four groups of white objects (each consisting of four items arranged in a square pattern) near the corners are?Interesting, and a lot easier for pilots to deal with than that goofy circular runway idea!
https://www.google.com/maps/place/S...21f3:0x26f55d710519db06!8m2!3d30.625!4d-87.14
The guy is sticking to his guns...
Anybody know what the four groups of white objects (each consisting of four items arranged in a square pattern) near the corners are?
His "answers" to the objections are remarkably short on details - I see a whole lot of arm waving going on there! I also notice that the article doesn't discuss the lack of justification for his claim to eliminate crosswinds, nor provide any explanation of why he thinks that crosswinds are such a horrible problem as to require a Herculean infrastructure redesign and replacement.