Turboclair...

PGT · November 12th, 2007, 00:11

Can anyone tell me more info about this?

I just know that it's underground turbines pushing hot air, which then is blown at the approach end of a runway to clear fog. Sounds like a slick idea but I'm looking for more technical things as well as why it's not so popular and what happened to the idea.

Doug Taylor · November 12th, 2007, 00:14

That's pretty much it.

They covered that in one of my classes at ERAU and that's about as far as they got.

November 12th, 2007, 00:11	#1
PGT Old Skool Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: DSM / STC Posts: 3,053	Turboclair... Can anyone tell me more info about this? I just know that it's underground turbines pushing hot air, which then is blown at the approach end of a runway to clear fog. Sounds like a slick idea but I'm looking for more technical things as well as why it's not so popular and what happened to the idea. __________________ PPL 55 hours TT

November 12th, 2007, 00:14	#2
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 40,240 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Turboclair... That's pretty much it. They covered that in one of my classes at ERAU and that's about as far as they got. __________________ Doug Taylor http://76school.flyblog.com (old!) http://30west.flyblog.com (updated 11/28)

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