Carpet of foam for wheels-up emergency landing, Waddington
Aug. 08, 1960 - Carpeting a runway with foam to aid aircraft making a wheels-up emergency landing: A revolutionary system for carpeting a runway with foam to aid aircraft making a wheels-up landing due to technical failure has been perfected at the RAF V-Bomber station at Waddington, Lincs. A demonstration was given there today. The apparatus, devised by General Engineering Flight at Waddington, is a 30 ft. long 12, 000 gallon tank mounted on a 50 ton crash recovery trailer. In 17 minutes it can coat a runway with a thick layer of foam for a distance of 1, 000 yards. Photo shows a general view during the demonstration at Waddington showing the apparatus spraying the runway with foam
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