In short runs, much of the benefit of an airplane's great speed is lost, because passengers or planes have to be transported to distant flying fields. R. James Gibbons, a Brooklyn builder, has developed a launching and landing platform that can be installed on the roofs of such buildings as the Pennsylvania Station (Manhattan), and would bring the "Chicago Air Express" to the very heart of New York City. The invention consists of an unobstructed platform some 200 feet in length and 100 feet in width, which can swivel like a railway...
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