A while back the FAA Tech Center (ACY) did some work with some styrafoam blocks and other foam configurations. The last I heard only a few airports opted for installation and never heard anything of it. Is similar to what was in the news report? Walter DCA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Panitz" <mpanitz@juno.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > I saw on the news the other day that Burbank > had installed some type of airplane stopper > to prevent a reoccurrence of the southwest incident > (which overshot the runway and ending up near > a Gas station. (by the way the gas station IS still there) > (there were rumors that the airport bought and closed > the station) >