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Re: birds and airplanes

Post by Aluriel » Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:35 am

pawnee wrote:
Blindseer wrote:but a bird hitting an engine can cause it to explode and such due to the velocity of the impact, and tat could bring a plane down. also, a birt hitting the windshield could break the windshield and injure the pilots, causing uncrontrolled flight and an inevitable crash.

I think it depends on how big of a bird goes threw the engine....my dad`s friend it a turkey vulture while flying once, it went threw the windsheild and knocked out the pilot.
wow...i wish i could see that.It must be a lot more interesting than a boxing match ^^
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Re: birds and airplanes

Post by Blindseer » Tue Oct 14, 2008 2:21 pm

Aluriel wrote:
pawnee wrote:
Blindseer wrote:but a bird hitting an engine can cause it to explode and such due to the velocity of the impact, and tat could bring a plane down. also, a birt hitting the windshield could break the windshield and injure the pilots, causing uncrontrolled flight and an inevitable crash.

I think it depends on how big of a bird goes threw the engine....my dad`s friend it a turkey vulture while flying once, it went threw the windsheild and knocked out the pilot.
wow...i wish i could see that.It must be a lot more interesting than a boxing match ^^
actually, its on an episode of mythbusters.
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Re: birds and airplanes

Post by fallenshadowolf » Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:17 pm

... can we get back on topic?
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Re: birds and airplanes

Post by Kyuubi no yoko » Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:48 pm

There on topic, I also saw that eepisode of Mythbusters!
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Re: birds and airplanes

Post by Myarru » Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:36 pm

i really really really HATE airplanes! :evil:

i love birds and i help them a lot of times.

so i dont think those two go nice together
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