Comments on: Skyscraper Airport for City of Tomorrow http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:00:37 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stewart (Pilot) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-1060071 Stewart (Pilot) Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:11:00 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/#comment-1060071 Um...so if you have a mechanical failure and have to land without flaps...followed by your brakes failing, I am assuming that there is some type of High-Tech contraption that will stop the plane from rolling off the other side of the building? ;) Um…so if you have a mechanical failure and have to land without flaps…followed by your brakes failing, I am assuming that there is some type of High-Tech contraption that will stop the plane from rolling off the other side of the building? ;)

]]> By: seraph http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-1044416 seraph Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:50:36 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/#comment-1044416 Boy that would be one big eyesore, its big and pink Boy that would be one big eyesore, its big and pink

]]> By: CJ http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-1006780 CJ Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:22:45 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/#comment-1006780 I wonder if this article was used in the conceptualization of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Reminds me of the opening scene. I wonder if this article was used in the conceptualization of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Reminds me of the opening scene.

]]> By: اخبار داغ هفت تیر http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-1006723 اخبار داغ هفت تیر Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:06:16 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/#comment-1006723 اخبار داغ در هفت تیر اخبار داغ در هفت تیر

]]> By: Baron Waste http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-1000332 Baron Waste Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:29:31 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/#comment-1000332 Hey, Nick - planes land <i>into</i> the wind, not <i>with</i> it. Your “landing” and “takeoff” areas are on the wrong sides of the building! - Odd, how the symbol in front is just one notch removed from that of AEROFLOT. Significant? Hey, Nick – planes land into the wind, not with it. Your “landing” and “takeoff” areas are on the wrong sides of the building!

- Odd, how the symbol in front is just one notch removed from that of AEROFLOT. Significant?

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-998662 jayessell Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:47:10 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/#comment-998662 Ha! I said that at Ephemeral Isle! Ha!
I said that at Ephemeral Isle!

]]> By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-998608 Stannous Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:23:49 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/#comment-998608 Well, obviously the building is on giant bearings powered by massive monorail train engines do that it can turn into the wind. (okay it doesn't say that or show it anywhere but what the hell, it's no _more_ unrealistic than what's there.) Well, obviously the building is on giant bearings powered by massive monorail train engines do that it can turn into the wind.
(okay it doesn’t say that or show it anywhere but what the hell, it’s no _more_ unrealistic than what’s there.)

]]> By: Myles http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-998153 Myles Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:11:54 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/#comment-998153 Okay, you got me on the fifty floors, I didn't read carefully. So if they have fifty floors of airplanes, isn't that about 1,200 city blocks of parking space? It sounds like they would be expecting a hundred thousand or more aircraft movements per day. That is more flights than smaller airports receive in a year, or about 140 landings and take offs per minute. Also to get to the sides for parking, the planes have to cross all of the active runways, sort of like the old arcade game Frogger. Could be tricky :) Okay, you got me on the fifty floors, I didn’t read carefully. So if they have fifty floors of airplanes, isn’t that about 1,200 city blocks of parking space? It sounds like they would be expecting a hundred thousand or more aircraft movements per day. That is more flights than smaller airports receive in a year, or about 140 landings and take offs per minute. Also to get to the sides for parking, the planes have to cross all of the active runways, sort of like the old arcade game Frogger. Could be tricky :)

]]> By: Richard C http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-997995 Richard C Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:10:17 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/#comment-997995 Myles, note that the article says that the top 50 floors are hangars for the airplanes. So that's where they store the planes, and that answers the question about renting the office space on the top floors, too (no offices). There aren't taxiways, instead there are elevators. However, if you've ever been in close proximity to even a small taxiing aircraft, you'll know that a propeller isn't a great method of getting around in tight quarters like a parking garage. I'd guess they'd need some sort of tugs, conveyor belts, or other means of moving the planes to and from parking areas. You definitely wouldn't want to use a propeller to taxi up a ramp with a significant slope, at least not with any traffic behind you! I wonder how they handle the traffic pattern for all those parallel runways so close together. Myles, note that the article says that the top 50 floors are hangars for the airplanes. So that’s where they store the planes, and that answers the question about renting the office space on the top floors, too (no offices). There aren’t taxiways, instead there are elevators.

However, if you’ve ever been in close proximity to even a small taxiing aircraft, you’ll know that a propeller isn’t a great method of getting around in tight quarters like a parking garage. I’d guess they’d need some sort of tugs, conveyor belts, or other means of moving the planes to and from parking areas. You definitely wouldn’t want to use a propeller to taxi up a ramp with a significant slope, at least not with any traffic behind you!

I wonder how they handle the traffic pattern for all those parallel runways so close together.

]]> By: Myles http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-997795 Myles Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:48:22 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/#comment-997795 I also like the green area labelled "parks". I want to have a picnic on the edge of the tallest building while watching planes flown by commuters crash around me. I also like the green area labelled “parks”. I want to have a picnic on the edge of the tallest building while watching planes flown by commuters crash around me.

]]> By: Rick. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-997755 Rick. Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:33:39 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/#comment-997755 And you posters show a complete lack of fun. This image is a riot. And you posters show a complete lack of fun. This image is a riot.

]]> By: Myles http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-997379 Myles Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:21:55 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/#comment-997379 Aren't winds usually stronger at such heights? Where are the taxiways for planes? Where is the runway for crosswinds? Where do they store all the plans landing from the commuters? Why didn't the artist speak to a pilot? Is someone going to want to rent an office in the top floors where the planes crash? Aren’t winds usually stronger at such heights? Where are the taxiways for planes? Where is the runway for crosswinds? Where do they store all the plans landing from the commuters? Why didn’t the artist speak to a pilot? Is someone going to want to rent an office in the top floors where the planes crash?

]]> By: glindsey http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-997285 glindsey Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:53:11 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/#comment-997285 Hey, at least the artist remembered to include an area for the many hundreds of airships that would be docking daily in the future! Hey, at least the artist remembered to include an area for the many hundreds of airships that would be docking daily in the future!

]]> By: Blurgle http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-995843 Blurgle Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:07:00 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/#comment-995843 spayced, remember that aircraft back then were much smaller and needed much less room to take off and land - many airports back then had runways of under 2,000 feet. It's more like .5 miles long, .2 miles wide, and .5 miles high - which is still immense. But the diagram shows a complete lack of knowledge of aviation as well as of engineering. spayced, remember that aircraft back then were much smaller and needed much less room to take off and land – many airports back then had runways of under 2,000 feet. It’s more like .5 miles long, .2 miles wide, and .5 miles high – which is still immense.

But the diagram shows a complete lack of knowledge of aviation as well as of engineering.

]]> By: Blurgle http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-995833 Blurgle Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:01:28 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/#comment-995833 Don't overshoot the runway on that airport! Don’t overshoot the runway on that airport!

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-995068 Firebrand38 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:34:42 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/#comment-995068 Not to mention the airships being unaffected by air currents nor the insurance premiums for the possibility of a plane crashing on landing. Shows that he's more of an artist than an engineer. Really easy to draw something much harder to design something that would work. Apparently the word aerotropolis is still in use to describe an airport as a central business district. http://www.aerotropolis.com/aerotropolis.html Not to mention the airships being unaffected by air currents nor the insurance premiums for the possibility of a plane crashing on landing.

Shows that he’s more of an artist than an engineer. Really easy to draw something much harder to design something that would work.

Apparently the word aerotropolis is still in use to describe an airport as a central business district. http://www.aerotropolis.com/aerotropolis.html

]]> By: spayced http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-994999 spayced Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:51:49 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/06/skyscraper-airport-for-city-of-tomorrow/#comment-994999 That building is amazingly massively hugely gigantic. It appears 1.5 miles long, 1.0 mile wide, and 0.5 miles tall. That building is amazingly massively hugely gigantic. It appears 1.5 miles long, 1.0 mile wide, and 0.5 miles tall.

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