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Bird Strike

Does depend on the size of bird, we had one go (twin-jet airliner) through a flock
of lapwings on t/o from a coastal UK airport...no real damage done...the airport staff picked up 120
dead carcasses..; but if it had been 120 seagulls :eek:

ttfn

Pete
 
Once airborne, the pilot reported engine damage and circled for almost 45 minutes before landing safely
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ARE YOU KIDDIN ME? 45 MIN!!!? that's insane. they should have been brought back a heck of alot faster than 45 min.
 
45 minutes after declaring an emergency?, boy, those guys have their priorities all *uc**d up...

Prowler
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I imagine he wanted to use up some fuel so he didn't have to land heavy on one engine. I'm sure he was using good judgment, though the passengers might have had a problem with hearing an engine shut down.

I don't know if this plane has the capability of dumping fuel. However, he probably would have had to face an environmentalist firing squad for doing so. :pop4:
 
cheezyflier said:
ARE YOU KIDDIN ME? 45 MIN!!!? that's insane. they should have been brought back a heck of alot faster than 45 min.
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Prowler1111 said:
45 minutes after declaring an emergency?, boy, those guys have their priorities all *uc**d up...
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Ever heard of "Maximum Landing Weight"?

It's safer to stay up with one engine than risking overstressing the landing gear on landing and thus provoking a belly landing with a subsequent fire.


I guess Düsseldorf needs more hawks and hunters. After all, that's what they were invented for. ;)


Cratermaker said:
I don't know if this plane has the capability of dumping fuel. However, he probably would have had to face an environmentalist firing squad for doing so. :pop4:
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Actually, dumping fuel is not as environmentally dangerous as it sounds.
http://www.skyguide.ch/en/Dossiers/Dossier_Laerm_und_Umwelt/FuelDumping/
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/planes/q0245b.shtml

Then again, this is what a proper bird barbecue looks like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCY0ejfxeZY
 
eeeeks!

Looks like we'll be having chicken soup tonight... heh...


Near the end, a Bonanza takes one and it shears off the right side of the roof back to the rudder. The wind must have caught it and just started ripping it, which at 140 knots, will do horrible damage.

Note the blood on the back of the pilots seat which was probably caused from wind pushing the blood back and around the seat. Pilot damage? Horrible..

Looks like they put down ok though, thank the Lord.



Bill
 
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