Bird strike

[m22mike]

Here are a couple YouTube videos of large fan jets during bird strike tests. One is a "blade out test" might give some idea of what goes on when you eat a bird ! And God forbid a Canadian Honker or several like what happened last week in NY.

Bird ingestion test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2OS2...eature=related

Blade out test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek6ad...eature=related


Mike

[67L78conv]

Wow, just goes to show you how lucky that flight was last week. Spectacular job by all involved to bring that plain down and get everyone out alive.

[BJCHEV396]

I'M A BAD FLYER SO ONE THING I ALWAYS WANT TO SEE IS WHITE HAIR ON THE PILOTS.THAT USUALLY MEANS A LOT OF EXPERIANCE AND A COOL HEAD.THAT WAS NEVER MORE TRUE THAN WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS NEAR TRAGETY.CAPT.SULLY IS ONE HELL OF A PILOT!

[Born30YrsLate]

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I'M A BAD FLYER SO ONE THING I ALWAYS WANT TO SEE IS WHITE HAIR ON THE PILOTS.THAT USUALLY MEANS A LOT OF EXPERIANCE AND A COOL HEAD.THAT WAS NEVER MORE TRUE THAN WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS NEAR TRAGETY.CAPT.SULLY IS ONE HELL OF A PILOT!

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Or he's already lived through one crash or near crash...HA

[BJCHEV396]

THANKS NOW I'VE GOT SOMETHING ELSE TO WORRY ABOUT WHEN I FLY! LOL!!

[Verne_Frantz]

This may not be true but I was told it was...
Many years ago, GE was testing a jet engine for bird ingestion. The engine was tied down tight in a concrete bunker. A young tech was sent out to the super market to buy some whole chickens for them to fire through the engine intake. The first chicken went right through the engine, destroying it completely and punching a hole right through the bunker wall behind it. The tech had brought back frozen chickens!

Verne

[Tarrytown SS427s]

lol, WOW