Amazing Airport in Portugal

**R6_kid:Me** · 14th January 2008, 08:02

Originally Posted by NZsarge

+1, I hope the terminal does it justice.

it's probably a shanty hut, after all they would've spent nearly all the budget building the damn runway!

**Dave-** · 14th January 2008, 12:14

Originally Posted by Big Dog

Hmmm, but the scary thing looking at it is there does not appear to be any lateral bracing surely these 500 tonne behemoths do not load vertically either.
Surely this means that each impact would over time erode the pillars surrounding the touchdown area. Ultimately leading to a catastrophic failure of at least one pillar.

At which time we have 500 tonne moving across a weakened structure.

Not keen to land there myself.

COST OF: building a 180 pillar 50m high supported runway + maintenance < flattening that hill + maintenance from the oceans erosion.

I'm pretty sure they have it under control dude, it's not like they're going to build a 50m high runway then forget all about the lateral movement....

**skidMark** · 14th January 2008, 12:19

Originally Posted by Dave-

COST OF: building a 180 pillar 50m high supported runway + maintenance < flattening that hill + maintenance from the oceans erosion.

I'm pretty sure they have it under control dude, it's not like they're going to build a 50m high runway then forget all about the lateral movement....

if i have a twin somewhere in the world then they would have forgotton.