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Aviation History
1943
1943 - 0901.PDF
APRIL 8TH, 1943 FLIGHT 367 North African Runways Wire and Matting Surfaces: Special Area for Lame Ducks I. A motor grader at worklevelling the runway site. This is only one of manytypes of specialised vehicles wh;ch an invading forcemust take with it. 3. The landing section fordamaged aircraft. On each side of the main runwaysthese soft surfaces are specially prepared for"belly" landings. 2. Filling-in a depressionwith hard core. The man on the right is takinglevels with a theodolite. A considerable supply ofhard core is also kept handy to fill in the bot-toms of bomb craters. 5. As the surface is pre-pared, coir matting is laid and covered by a wirenetting and steel rod Somerfeld track. Thematting beneath the track gives stability to the run-way in wet weather and spreads the landing-wheelloads over a greater area of ground. 4. The finished runwaywith the soft landing section in the background.
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