And I worked for another company in the early seventies that made
bird-scaring systems for airfields - either a Land Rover broadcasting
distress calls or an horizon device that mimicked the wingbeat of a
hawk. Very lo-tech.
A metallurgist friend of mine here was a consultant to the military
on faults and failures, including catastophic ones. He tells of being
called in to assess the debris from a low level incident where an
F-111 had gone straight into a hillside on a low-level run. There
seemed no obvious cause until someone had the wit to examine the
pilot's personal effects which were not included with the debris. The
helmet was mostly full of seagull and plexiglass, rather than pilot.
Nasty.
Of course they should test with seagulls, preferably those big, fat,
Pacific gulls or Herring Gulls rather than the annoying little, chip-
stealing Silver Gulls that we get around here. But for some odd
reason, Safeway just won't stock them.
AndrewF
On 29/01/2006, at 3:58 AM, Scott Gomez wrote:
> Bird strikes on jet aircraft are a real danger, but most birds don't
> want to get involved and dive away if they see the aircraft in time;
> that's one of the reasons for using landing lights. All fast jets use
> their lights at low level if they can.
>
> Chris
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