Development of air transport and various solutions to problem of ground transportation with particular reference to monorail and its advantages; its basic principles, defined as supported and suspended; comparison of 2 rival systems -- supported or " straddle" type Alweg monorail, developed by Axel Wenner-Gren, Swedish industrialist, and suspended system, developed by French SAFE GE (Soc Anonyme Francaise d'Etudes de Gestion et Entreprises); London airport route and impact on air travel.
Monorail and city-centre-to-airport transport problem
Flight
Flight ; 81 , n 2771
1962
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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