Airport Perches on City-Hall Roof (Jun, 1939)
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1939
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1939
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Airport Perches on City-Hall Roof
Three hundred feet wide and nearly a quarter of a mile long, an airplane landing field which can be revolved to point into the wind perches atop a thirty-one-story building designed as a city hall, in a unique model recently presented for the consideration of Detroit, Mich., municipal officials. Costing about $8,000,000, the proposed structure would be erected on a river-bank site easily reached by land and water transportation.
Methinks this would be a bit tipsy…especially in a strong wind. No supports or guy wires?
Comment by Jeff — January 22, 2008 @ 9:11 am