In article ,
Mike Lindsay wrote:

SMALL piece of FOD? Or a big chunk? Whatever, it shouldn't have been
there.

You still miss the point. It doesn't matter if it should or
should not have been there--sooner or later, there is going to be
FOD on the runway or ramp. If you could make a rule that prohibited
FOD, then the USAF wouldn't have to do a FOD walk every morning at
each of the US airbases. The fact is that you have to design for
FOD, or you crash and burn, just like the Concorde did. In comparison,
one F-15 lost half a wing, and an A-10 came back with a missile lodged
in the wing, and both planes lived to fly again. That is the difference.

As it turns out, for many years, the Concorde flew with an on-board
FOD generator in the form of the main landing gear. Time after time
the tires would shred on take off or landing, and spray debris all
over the bottom of the aircraft and all over the runway. It wasn't
supposed to happen, but it did. At least until a better tire design
was made available.

-john-

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