Comments on: Proposes Orientable Roof-Top Airports For Cities http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/24/proposes-orientable-roof-top-airports-for-cities/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:11:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/24/proposes-orientable-roof-top-airports-for-cities/#comment-925 Stannous Thu, 25 May 2006 19:57:51 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/24/proposes-orientable-roof-top-airports-for-cities/#comment-925 It does have a le Corbusier look about it It does have a le Corbusier look about it

]]> By: Chris Applegate http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/24/proposes-orientable-roof-top-airports-for-cities/#comment-904 Chris Applegate Thu, 25 May 2006 09:10:49 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/05/24/proposes-orientable-roof-top-airports-for-cities/#comment-904 By rotating the runway they can point the planes into the prevailing wind, which means a shorter take-off distance, which has obvious benefits when space is limited. I'm interested in the identity of the "French engineer" - Le Corbusier (who was actually Swiss) was fascinated with planes and had conceptual plans integrating them with his skyscraper-dominated cities - aircraft literally flying off the tops of buildings and landing on others, an idea which has probably lost its appeal in recent years. By rotating the runway they can point the planes into the prevailing wind, which means a shorter take-off distance, which has obvious benefits when space is limited.

I’m interested in the identity of the “French engineer” - Le Corbusier (who was actually Swiss) was fascinated with planes and had conceptual plans integrating them with his skyscraper-dominated cities - aircraft literally flying off the tops of buildings and landing on others, an idea which has probably lost its appeal in recent years.

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