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Old 10-23-2009 | 04:07 AM
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Crazy Or Brilliant? Plan To Build Giant Floating Airport Off California Coast INFRASTRUCTURIST
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Old 10-23-2009 | 05:19 AM
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If you put a tail on one end, it would always swivel into the wind. What would the runway numbering be?

Also, do I get to log carrier landings?
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Old 10-23-2009 | 06:14 AM
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10+ miles off shore, and this guy wonders why his initial applications were denied. You'll need air-service to your airport to just make it an airport. Sorry, but this idea is beyound bonkers!!!
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Old 10-23-2009 | 07:25 AM
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Japan has been building runways offshore for YEARS! Reclaimation of this water/land is basically required in some parts of the country. MCAS Iwakuni is the latest example.

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Old 10-23-2009 | 09:33 AM
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You'd have to add tide status to the ATIS to figure DH.
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Old 10-23-2009 | 11:03 AM
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Yeah, but think of the waves you'll get from departing Heavies !!!

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Old 10-23-2009 | 08:46 PM
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I thought that they were moving the airport to El Centro and then linking it to the city with a "high speed rail link"
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Old 10-23-2009 | 09:52 PM
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id say wait for the 'big one'

...if everything plays out, lindbergh just may be an island!
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Old 10-24-2009 | 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Left Handed
If you put a tail on one end, it would always swivel into the wind. What would the runway numbering be?
Hmmm.... How about a floating circular runway, banked like a NASCAR track? Outboard motors could spin it, giving you the beneficial "treadmill effect".
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