Milo Cripps designed this 100-foot diameter Radome in 1961.

It was Mr. Cripps's first design of any kind and introduced a unique new concept that did not require any internal structure, and comprised approximately 800 interlocking panels.

This Radome still existed in 2006, having endured 45 years of gale force winds and Alaskan snow.

Each panel shape has 5 or 6 sides with irregular shapes so as to not interfere with radar signals.

Panel design is a 1.50 inch thick sandwich structure with .060 inch thick high strength fiberglass skins bonded to a honeycomb core. Each edge contains a bonded-in channel with an embeded rotating lock mechanism embedded to facilitate panels to be assembled to each other on location.

The assembly process was performed by attaching the first row of panels to a base ring and then building upwards in successive rows until a single top panel was finally installed.

In addition to the Radome itself, Milo Cripps designed all tooling and a large filament winding machine for production of pre-impregnated fiberglass material to be used for the panel laminate skins.