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It is a very good Idea and should be sought by PAF.... Specially in Potohar region and Baluchistan where there are mountains.
Please explain your point in detail, how it is possible to have underground hangers in mountaineous area? Dont we need a runway for takeoff?
We do have unground hangers and runways?
Long time ago i heard that PAF pilots were practicing landings and takeoff on a sub terranian runway within Pakistan..That was during the soviet Afghan war,when Pakistan was constantly under threat from all sides..
I dont know if those reports were true or not,but after looking at this thread,i remembered that.
It will sound like a conspiracy theory,but maybe there are existing underground runways in Pakistan,may well be disused..
There are numerous underground hideouts and missile silos here in UK.Some are really massive,specially those built as shelters in case of a nuclear strike..Now all those multimillion pound projects are abandoned and forgotten,and don't get repaired and maintained.
Similar may be the story of Pakistani subterranean runways...
I think I do know a place rumored to be such type of installation, but no one knows exactly about the existence
the problem with such underground airstrips is not with launching the aircraft. there are several means to do that. the tough part will be landing on them.
being underground that the pilot might have to fly towards a small tunnel giving very very little leeway to something going wrong. when landing on carriers, the plane can fly off if something goes wrong. in case of the underground airstrips, the plane will end up on the side of the mountain.
having the part where the plane actually lands outside the mountain/above surface beats the purpose of an underground runway. this part which is outside might be identified and damaged, knocking the airstrip out of commision temporarily atleast.
also if the mountain in which the other part of the runway is present is steep and/or tall, the pilot might not be able to go airborne safely.
seems the only way the purpose of the underground runway can be realised is if the entire runway can be raised and lowered. but then that is just way too costly and possibly impractical
Hi,
According to laws of physics---air dynamics---it is not possible to land in a tunnell----.
There can be underground jetways---where a plane can taxi to an open runway----but other than that it is all a story.
Just imagine--------trying to see the hole that you are going to land into from a thousand feet up in the air---.
Now imagine a wind gust of 20 knots or the surface----you have your plane torqued to the air pressure---and then youi would get into a tunnel where there is no pressure---the plane would immediately blow into a different direction of the air current.
Gentlemen---you are educated people---talk to your physics teacher before you embark on such a journey---erros in judgement can happen but stupidity is not a virtue.
Even if there are jetways to taxi underground---we have bombs that penetrate deep---so---one strike---and all those 100's of million dollars are wasted in building those undergorund taxiways are wasted.
May be that's why the rumor is about art open part subterranean design?
Once the plane has touched the ground and slowed down to a certain speed,laws of aerodynamics are no more important.
I agree that trying to land a plane in a tunnel will be extremely difficult,because of a sudden increase in air pressure as the plane approaches at a speed.Then the airflow going haywire around the wings due to air bouncing off the walls and roof of tunnel.