Runway for Hercules aircraft (C-130)
Airfield runway for C130 Hercules transport aircraft. Full details of technical support request: Pavement design parameters for the construction of a permanent 2000m runway for C130 Hercules. Existing ground bearing capacity not established with cone penetrometer, but believed to be capable of supporting as the underlying strata in of rock.
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UNDP did one in Ethiopia on red murram. Scrape and roll was all that was done. Regards, Gordon Browne
A Ministry of Defence Manual on Pavement quality from Julian Carter - it will cover everything you need. Regards, Toby Gould
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/33548/spec_33.pdf
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