VOLUME CXXXIINOVEMBER 5. 1927NUMBER 2532
THE
AMERICAN ARCHITECT
FOUNDED 1876
THE DESIGN OF AIRPORTS
By George B. Ford, City Planning Adviser to the War Department
There are certain practical and technical requirements to be considered in the plan and design of airports. Architects generally have had as yet little opportunity to lend their advice on the design of buildings used to house flying machines and the other structures an airport must include. Should the occasion arise, however, as it inevitably will, they need first to acquaint themselves with certain technicalities of aeronautics. They can readily ap
preciate the importance of the aspect of the field from the air, understanding, too, that to the traveler of the future his view of the airport as he alights will be his first impression of the city. But it is not so easy to ascertain th e effect of winds on “takingoff” and the size and shape of hangars. This article presents the more important of these details to aid the architect in the solution of a problem with which he may find himself confronted at any moment.
MITCHEL FIELD, LONG ISLAND, N. Y. IN THE REAR AT THE LEFT IS ROOSEVELT FIELD, AND AT THE RIGHT, CURTISS FIELD. THE WHITE SPOT, TO WHICH THE ARROWS POINT, IS THE RUNWAY FROM WHICH LINDBERGH, CHAMBERLIN
AND BYRD TOOK-OFF ON THEIR EPOCH-MAKING FLIGHTS
(Official photograph, U. S. Army Air Corps )
(Copyright, 1927, The Architectural & Building Press, Inc.)
THE
AMERICAN ARCHITECT
FOUNDED 1876
THE DESIGN OF AIRPORTS
By George B. Ford, City Planning Adviser to the War Department
There are certain practical and technical requirements to be considered in the plan and design of airports. Architects generally have had as yet little opportunity to lend their advice on the design of buildings used to house flying machines and the other structures an airport must include. Should the occasion arise, however, as it inevitably will, they need first to acquaint themselves with certain technicalities of aeronautics. They can readily ap
preciate the importance of the aspect of the field from the air, understanding, too, that to the traveler of the future his view of the airport as he alights will be his first impression of the city. But it is not so easy to ascertain th e effect of winds on “takingoff” and the size and shape of hangars. This article presents the more important of these details to aid the architect in the solution of a problem with which he may find himself confronted at any moment.
MITCHEL FIELD, LONG ISLAND, N. Y. IN THE REAR AT THE LEFT IS ROOSEVELT FIELD, AND AT THE RIGHT, CURTISS FIELD. THE WHITE SPOT, TO WHICH THE ARROWS POINT, IS THE RUNWAY FROM WHICH LINDBERGH, CHAMBERLIN
AND BYRD TOOK-OFF ON THEIR EPOCH-MAKING FLIGHTS
(Official photograph, U. S. Army Air Corps )
(Copyright, 1927, The Architectural & Building Press, Inc.)