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1929
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FEBRUARY 14, 1929 FUTURE LONDON AIR PORTS THE two air port plans which illustrate this article were successful,'"with the plan by Mr. D. H. McMorran, in the competition recently organised by the Royal Institute of British Architects for prizes totalling ^200 given by the Directors of the Gloster Aircraft Co., Ltd., and Messrs. H. H. Martyn and Co., Ltd., to stimulate architectural ideas jon the subject of the requirements of aircraft in fifteen main buildings, control tower, hotel, administrative offices, etc., were in a line stretched across the extreme end of the site, whilst in front a series of hangars described a neat arc. The remainder of the ground was entirely free for aircraft. Mr. Hartland Thomas also gets a neat effect in his scheme, but his control tower is ilocated in the centre t t t t t I t t t t t t t t t X Mr. M. Hartland Thomas's plan (with sections of the control tower) for a future London air port. He shared the first place with Mr. D. H. Me Morran and re- ceived £62 10s. Mr. L. C. S. Far- mer's plan for a future London air port, which won him second prize, £25, in the com- petition. ["FLIGHT " Photographs years' time. We published more detailed particulars of the competition on January 31 last, with a photograph of Mr. McMorran's plan. He and Mr. M. Hartland Thomas shared the first prize of £125, and Mr. L. C. S. Farmer won the second prize of £25. There was an attractive simplicity and architectural economy in Air. McMorran's scheme. The ideas that actuated him almost spoke for themselves on the plan. Clearly he resolved to give as great an area, free of the smallest obstruction, for' the movement of aircraft. His 1 of the field, as will be seen by the general view in the right- hand corner of his plan on this page. His other buildings range in one line along the edge of the field. Communication between them and the control tower, which houses the meteorological and other offices, also hangars, is made by a sunk road, which also stretches right across the field. Mr. L. C. S. Farmer divides the aerodrome with a road at right angles and ranges his buildings along it. One side of the aerodrome would be allocated to aircraft arriving, and the other side to aircraft departing. 17 i .
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