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Jan 1950
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During the latter part of November, 1940, the responsibility for the design and the construction of military airfields was assigned to the Corps of Engineers, United States Army. Later the same function pertaining to civil aeronautics airfields, of military occupancy, was delegated to this same organization. It soon became apparent, for a variety of reasons, that a simple, practical, as well as a uniform method of design would be necessary. For example, the prior experience of the majority of the Corps engineers had been generally confined to river and harbor, flood control, and seacoast fortification. This explains the necessity for the elimination of a diversity of designs based on judgment of personnel not fully conversant with the requirements of airplane traffic.
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Gayle McFadden, M.ASCE
Thomas B. Pringle, M.ASCE
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