Original source : http://www.oobject.com
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Author : David Galbraith
I combined two types of concept plan in this list that are
very different but share the fact that they show an alternate universe where airports
weren’t giant fields on the edge of cities.
On the one hand there are the airports that literally float on water, and
although these have become a reality with projects such as Kansai or military aircraft
carriers, some of the original designs are for runways floating on rivers right
in the middle of cities. Here the concept overlaps with the other type of
floating airports: those that metaphorically float above the city on stilts -
or over rather than on a river, via a structure like an overhead railroad.
These concepts are not as unpractical as they appear, by using short-takeoff,
quiet planes, London city airport is very close
to the financial center of London
and its a shame that aircraft haven’t been developed to allow some of these
magnificent, early ambitions to have become a reality.
Rooftop airport design from Amazing Stories, 1928
Zeckendorf's 1946 idea to deck over midtown Manhattan
London Airport over Thames,
1930s
M Lurcat design for floating airport in middle of Paris
Norman Bel Geddes' design for a floating airport off Wall
Street
Turntable runway, rooftop airport for cities
Proposed airport over Penn Station in NY, 1929
Skyscraper airport design concept, 1930
Edward Armstrong Seadrome
Japanese
Megafloat Concept
Airport
aerial landing field on blimp
Floating runways for seaplanes
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