william jonas
2007-03-21 07:18:49
The main purpose of the visit is to convince American airport managers to upgrade their facilities to handle a freak like this .
How much impact strength do you build into the runway concrete? What width should the taxiways be and how do you fit this monster onto your busy terminal operations apron?
Special aircraft require special facilities in hundreds of unseen ways. They cost millions of dollars and are created just for the benefit of one aircraft.
I don’t see too many airports getting excited when this aircraft represents a philosophy (bigger is better) that was rejected by commercial aircraft builders decades ago.
