Giant platform for floating airport shown off Yokosuka

Giant platform for floating airport shown off Yokosuka

YOKOSUKA, Japan - A 1,000-meter-long steel platform to be used in the construction of an experimental floating runway is shown to the press and local government officials off Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 10. The platform, called ''megafloat,'' is being developed mainly by the Transport Ministry.

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