This happened at Moorabbin on 8th January 2017:
The story accompanying this photo says that they safely landed on a blanket of foam, having realised that the nose wheel was damaged on a previous landing attempt.
I see no evidence of foam in the picture, or even remnants of damp on the ground.
Does anyone here know how quickly runway foam dissipates and dries up?
On the ground behind the 3 men under the tail, there appears to be a patch of damp with an area a bit whitish - could it have been washed away by the tender & presumably being Oz at this time of year hot & it has all evaporated by the time the photo was taken?
Keith
Dev One wrote:On the ground behind the 3 men under the tail, there appears to be a patch of damp with an area a bit whitish - could it have been washed away by the tender & presumably being Oz at this time of year hot & it has all evaporated by the time the photo was taken?
Keith
.....and then they decided that rather than leave it messing up the grass, let's man-handle it onto the bitumen.....
I was stationed at RAF Leeming in the late 60 & early 70 and we we one of 2 units equipped with foam laying equipment. The foam carpet was laid by a prime mover tractor which towed a large tanker behind which was towed foam generating equipment. The carpet could be laid in about 20 mins by the fire section and was basically bulls blood with a reaction agent added to it along with water. It smelt awfully especially when it started to deteriorate which I think was after about 20-30 mins. We never used it at Leeming during my day we came close a couple of time but I did see it laid for practise on the subsidiary runway and it was left to dissipate naturally smelling awful
