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– merger of huge airports with cities and transforming them into logistics
centres (Aéropolis) 131 ;
– technologies of safe, automated air traffic management (ATS) 132 .
Some think that biofuel application in aviation will be a complete, environment
friendly breakthrough. First experiments in this field are being conducted
by the British (Virgin Atlantic), which is demonstrated by the Amsterdam service
of a Boeing 847-400 powered by a mixture of coconut and bamboo oils. This
proves that large aircraft powered by this kind of fuel may fly at an altitude of
ten thousand metres, even though it was previously thought the mixture would
freeze in these conditions 133 .
It seems, however, that a far greater breakthrough will be caused by the
Cryoplane technology – a hydrogen powered plane, once it has been brought
into general use, 134 or by the hydrogen powered Dimona turboprop tested by
Boeing 135 .
Apart from these really disruptive technologies, numerous innovative experiments
are made in aviation, like the test flights of solar power planes
(HP-SIA Solar Impulse plane designed by Bertrand Piccard of Switzerland).
Traffic overload is the problem of large airports and their expansion is limited
for spatial and environmental reasons. If airports are to operate more efficiently,
innovative concepts of their location must be worked out as well as
greater harmony in the make-up of individual modules of an air terminal, fast
and reliable transfer of passengers between the terminal and the city and new
technologies of passenger and baggage handling. Meeting the demands of the
constantly growing air traffic is not possible through traditional investment
projects, but only through seeking innovative solutions, of which the most
promising are the concepts of:
– offshore airports 136 ;
– common-use self-service kiosks, Self-service baggage check, high-capacity
flow-through elevators 137 ;
131 C. Galoffre: Aérotropolis – la fusion des aéroports et des villes. Yahoogroupe –
http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/TransportsIDF/message/1925.
132 IFATS – An Innovative Future Air Transport System concept – http://www.ifats-project.org/
IFATS_IW.pdf.
133 Environment friendly technical innovation in aviation – the example of Germany – http://berlin.
trade.gov.pl/pl/download/file/f,904.
134 See: CRYOPLANE – Hydrogen Fuelled Aircraft. Status and Challenges – http://ec.europa.eu/research/growth/aeronautics-days/pdf/session-b/klug.pdf;
R. Fass: Cryoplane Flugzeuge mit
Wasserstoffantrieb – http://www.mp.haw-hamburg.de/pers/Scholz/dglr/hh/text_2001_12_06_Cryoplane.pdf.
135 Boeing Soars With First Fuel-Cell Plane Test – http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/
air_space/4257294.html.
136 See: Dutch double offshore airport concepts. “Maritime Journal” 2008 – http://www.maritimejournal.com/archive101/2008/october/online_news/dutch_double_offshore_airport_concepts.
137 See: Innovations for Airport Terminal Facilities. Airport Cooperative Research Program. Report
10. Transportation Research Board. Washington, D.C. 2008. www.TRB.org; The Efficient Airport of
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