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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2015
Earthstone Inernational, Llc, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Andrew Ungerleider, Santa Fe, NM (US);
W. Gene Ramsey, Las Cruces, NM (US);
Andrew Ungerleider, Santa Fe, NM (US);
W. Gene Ramsey, Las Cruces, NM (US);
Earthstone International, LLC, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Abstract
A method of slowing an aircraft overrunning a runway, including paving an area immediately beyond the end of a runway with foamed glass bodies to define a bed, covering the bed with a layer of cementitious material to define a composite bed, and crushing at least a portion of the composite bed with an oncoming aircraft, wherein crushing the at least a portion of the composite bed removes kinetic energy from the oncoming aircraft to slow the oncoming aircraft. The composite bed is generally resistant to fire.