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1950 - 1460.PDF
146 " FUaht" photooravht. " Check on finals ! " A traffic controller at work in the tower at Otif. All opeiasorr-are bi-Iingual. GATEWAYS TO FRANCE . . . (4) A vast central terminal area to provide parking space for up to 80 aircraft at a time (the total length of these parking areas will exceed 3^ km). The present northern maintenance area used by Air France will assume much greater proportions, and another large zone industrielle will be provided to the west of the new airport, near the village of Wissous. As at London, the main terminal building will be located in the central area. This will be a large, ultra-modern structure which will provide all essential services for hourly traffic of the density already mentioned. In addition, the airport will be linked to the Route Nationale No. 7, which will actually run through the airport, and also to the main south-of-Paris Highway. The Orly project will include the building of a new town for 25,000 inhabitants. It will be located at the north-West corner and will accommodate the personnel working on the base and the hundreds of families from the four villages which it will be necessary to demolish in developing the airport site towards the west. Le Bourget.—The eventual concentration of trunk-route operations at Orly will permit a more thorough exploitation of domestic passenger and freight traffic at Le Bourget, and, in fact, a similar plan for the expansion of this air- port is now in hand. When completed, France's " No. 2 Air Terminus" will handle regular internal services and charter flights exclusively. The existing N.E.-S.W. run- way is to be lengthened and a similar runway constructed Otiy Airport's temporary control tower, soon to be replaced. " Flight " photograph*. • A new note in mural decoration—p.s.p. strips line the walls of thepassenger waiting room at Orly. . ' . parallel to it. The present E.-W. runway will receive similar treatment. The lengths which will eventually be available for take-off are: N.E.-S.W. direction, (1) 2,450 metres, (2) 2,225 metres; and E.-W. direction, (1) 2,475 metres, (2) 2,650 metres. The present terminal building will continue to be used but, as can be seen in Fig. 4, parking space will be in- creased to provide upwards of no hard-standings. In addition, a large maintenance base will be located to the west of the airfield, near the village of Dugny. The need for such expansion is obvious when it is realized that Le Bourget's traffic is already reaching over 4,000 aircraft movements a month. The cost of the vast development programmes for both airports runs into astronomical figures, especially when ex- pressed in francs. A provisional estimate has placed the sum for work at Orly alone in the region of fr. 30,000,000,000 (approximately /3o,ooo,ooo). If work is maintained accord- ing to the present schedule, the airport should be com- pleted in eight years. No estimate of cost or time is yet available for Le Bourget. Costly though these plans may seem, there is little doubt that France will ultimately derive considerable benefits from her investment. It has been estimated that the com- pleted scheme will result in an annual saving of £1,000,000 for airline operators alone. For a country whose economic status enjoys, perhaps, even less stability than our own, the diversion of such vast sums towards tie development of civil aviation is an encouraging sign of the times. •-•• •.-•• --•••• • .v-.-v, '• • .,. E.-.A. G. R. G.CA. controller* are located on this conspicuously marked site.
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