It is fortunate that Yeager airport had installed an Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS) in 2008 because it saved a CRJ 200 from an unfortunate situation.
http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201001190526
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EMAS saves CRJ
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Re: EMAS saves CRJ
Hey N2
We operate into HTS instead of CharlieWest for the exact reasons you see there - short runway with difficult approach
Leif
We operate into HTS instead of CharlieWest for the exact reasons you see there - short runway with difficult approach
Leif
Re: EMAS saves CRJ
Trust our cousins to use a term like that for a bunch of carefully placed concrete blocks 
Cheers
Dave M(oly)
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Dave M(oly)
Re: EMAS saves CRJ
Hi Leif!DispatchDragon wrote:Hey N2
We operate into HTS instead of CharlieWest for the exact reasons you see there - short runway with difficult approach
Leif
Yes, Huntington is a little less mountainous. I will have to try KCRW in FS to see how it goes.
Nigel²
Re: EMAS saves CRJ
Yes, it looks like it was cobbled together by picking words at random from a four column list! I will say I don't think the Colonials have a monopoly on vague acronyms though.Molyned wrote:Trust our cousins to use a term like that for a bunch of carefully placed concrete blocks
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Dave M(oly)
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