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date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:26:47 -0700 (PDT),    group: uk.railway        back       
Re: St Pancras is the new Terminal Six   
On 26 Sep, 13:01, Tony Polson  wrote:
> v.meld...@i.do.not.believe.it wrote:
> >Tony Polson  wrote:
> >> v.meld...@i.do.not.believe.it wrote:
>
> >> >Why not elevated runways ?  The terminal buildings and surface transport could
> >> >be underneath.
>
> >> If you elevate the runways high enough, the aircraft would not need to
> >> descend to land.
>
> >> Plus, all the fuel (and CO2 emissions) used to get the aircraft from
> >> ground level to its crushing height could be saved.
>
> >Now that's silly.  
>
> Really?  

Haven't they already done this in Quito, Ecuador?
date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:26:47 -0700 (PDT)   author:   disgoftunwells

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