FOD Advisory Circular Downloads

FAA FOD Advisory Circular (.pdf, 225KB)
The United States Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has recently completed a FOD Advisory Circular detailing the methods and equipment recommended for good FOD control at U.S. airports. The FOD*BOSS equipment is described under ‘Friction Mat Sweepers’ in section 5.2.b (1) on page 21.

Presentation Downloads

AIMS Airport FOD presentation 2003 (.pdf, 858KB)
Belgium FOD* BOSS distributor Marc Flamme, from AIMS has put together a very interesting report on FOD collected by the FOD*BOSS at a major European International Airport.

Eielson FOD chart (.pdf, 70KB)
Eielson AirForce Base FOD incident report prior to and after FOD* BOSS deployment.

Delta GSE cut tire graphs (.pdf, 370KB)
Delta Airlines report on cut tires prior to and after FOD* BOSS deployment.

Cherry Point PowerPoint (.ppt, 600KB)
Cherry Point Marines have produced this PowerPoint Presentation to show the effectiveness of the FOD*BOSS compared to traditional sweeping.