Quote: "
The Sunday Times reports on a new proposal for a Thames Airport. This new design is by Douglas Oakervee, the engineer who oversaw the planning and construction of Chek Lap Kok airport in Hong Kong, and he says that his Thames airport design could be built in the same time that a third runway for LHR could be built.
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/...cle1167666.ece
(May be behind a paywall)
However, since Oakervee still has his airport pointing east-west, this will have to be revised. The prevailing wind in England is southwesterly, and this orientation will also prevent overflights of London during easterly landings (one of the main reasons for building the Thames airport.) The resulting SW-NE airport layout will henceforth be known as the Silver-Oakervee Airport."
Yawn....................really bored now!
Last edited by Fairdealfrank; 27th Nov 2012 at 23:28.