Tag Archives: aerospace

An out-of-this-world visit to the Very Large Array (VLA)

Posted on March 12, 2023 by problogic

This past Thursday afternoon several of us had an exciting opportunity to visit the Very Large Array (VLA) in west-central New Mexico. Anyone who has watched the 1997 movie Contact starring Jodie Foster should be familiar with the VLA. More … Continue reading →

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Favorite aerospace museums visited to date – UPDATED

Posted on February 2, 2020 by problogic

Titan Missile Museum – Green Valley, AZ: best of the best – they focus on one topic and do it extremely well. The one and only place you can see a retired Titan Missile literally sitting in it’s underground launch … Continue reading →

Posted in aerospace, air travel, art, aviation, geography, historic preservation, history, military, Outer Space, pictures, placemaking, product design, Science, technology, tourism, Travel | Tagged aerospace, balloons, engineering, flight, hall of fame, missiles, museums, Science, space | Comments Off

Abandoned commercial airports – ruins and reuses

Posted on February 5, 2016 by problogic

A bit of postmodern ruin porn and uplifting adaptive reuse ideas are provided in this post with a listing of those major abandoned commercial airports which no longer (or in some cases never did) see flights. Some, particularly Croydon, Kai … Continue reading →

Posted in adaptive reuse, aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, architecture, aviation, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, planning, revitalization, spatial design, sustainability, Trade, transportation, Travel, urban planning, zoning | Tagged adaptive reuse, aerodromes, aerospace, airport planning, airports, architecture, aviation, Croydon, design, history, Kai Tak, land use, planning, ruins, Stapleton, Templehof | Leave a comment

Elegant tourist town airport terminals

Posted on October 19, 2015 by problogic

Below are images of several elegantly designed airport terminals from eight tourist towns across the country. Each has a unique architectural style that immediately impresses those arriving to the community. Well done Traverse City, Jackson Hole, Myrtle Beach, Vail, Kona, … Continue reading →

Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, architecture, aviation, business, cities, economic development, geography, logistics, placemaking, planning, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning | Tagged aerospace, airport planning, airports, aviation, cities, planning, tourism, transportation, travel | Leave a comment

Bringing equality in the sky – “The Powder Puff Derby of 1929”

Posted on October 3, 2015 by problogic

This excellent book by author Gene Nora Jessen chronicles the first Women’s National Air Race. Starting in Santa Monica, California, these 19 female aviation pioneers raced to Cleveland, Ohio a mere two months before the Stock Market Crash and the … Continue reading →

Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, art, book reviews, books, Communications, feminism, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, literature, Maps, North America, Statistics, transportation, Travel, Women, writing | Tagged aerospace, Amelia Earhart, aviation, aviators, book reviews, books, female pilots, Pancho Barnes, pilots, women | Leave a comment

Amazing offshore commercial airports

Posted on September 25, 2015 by problogic

Above and below are a series of images of artificial island airports constructed offshore around the globe. Now and then, such proposals have been made for Chicago, Cleveland, and elsewhere, but to date all of those built have been in Asia (in China, … Continue reading →

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Largest Australian and New Zealand airports (by acreage)

Posted on September 19, 2015 by problogic

Below is a list of the largest commercial aviation airports in Australia and New Zealand as measured by total acreage (using hectares and then multiplying by 2.471). Finding this land data proved to be more difficult than one would think … Continue reading →

Posted in adaptive reuse, aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, cities, commerce, Communications, economic development, geography, infrastructure, land use, Oceania, placemaking, planning, spatial design, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel | Tagged aerospace, airport planning, airports, Australia, aviation, cities, infrastructure, land use, New Zealand, planning, tourism, transportation, travel | Leave a comment

World’s busiest single-runway commercial airports – UPDATED

Posted on September 2, 2015 by problogic

Every once in a while when you cannot find a list or comparison on the internet, it is time to find the individual data sources and create the comparison database yourself. First it was the tallest airport control towers, then … Continue reading →

Posted in adaptive reuse, aerospace, Africa, air travel, airport planning, airports, Asia, aviation, China, cities, commerce, economic development, Europe, geography, globalization, history, India, infrastructure, land use, logistics, North America, planning, South America, Statistics, tourism, Trade, traffic, transportation, Travel, UK, urban planning | Tagged aerospace, airport planning, airports, aviation, cities, land use, planning, statistics, tourism, transportation, travel | 20 Comments

Soaring into aviation history aboard the Southern Cross

Posted on August 28, 2015 by problogic

Those of us who grow up in the United States tend to get taught a largely American-centric view of world history. Not to say that is bad or that the same thing doesn’t happen elsewhere, but given our diverse, melting … Continue reading →

Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, art, aviation, book reviews, books, Communications, culture, diversity, economic development, education, entertainment, geography, globalization, historic preservation, history, literature, Maps, movies, Oceania, pictures, planning, product design, topography, transportation, Travel, writing | Tagged aerospace, Australia, aviation, book reviews, books, Charles Kingsford Smith, flying, history, literature, Pacific Ocean, pilots, Southern Cross, writing | Leave a comment

Puddle jumpers – America’s smallest commercial airports

Posted on August 22, 2015 by problogic

Below is a list of America’s smallest commercial airports (those served by airlines) as measured by by acreage. These are the airports most likely to be served by puddle jumpers, even if they are nowhere near a large water body. … Continue reading →

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