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Old 20th Jul 2007, 11:21
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........ porous concrete that was used to pave the last few dozen yards of a runway somewhere.
See here for overrruns and crushable concrete. This presumes you have the available space at the airport - not so in this case!

http://www.faa.gov/news/fact_sheets/...fm?newsId=6279

Excellent 8 minute Video here.

http://www.esco.zodiac.com/documents/video/ESCO-lrg.ram

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