no big surprise there Mal as I am sure that there are others who like me have been at 10 000ft and joined up with a flock of Pelikans, what did surprise me though was to be joined by a big bunch of tumbleweed whilst thermalling at 10 00ft just south of Waikerie where the BIG thermals play ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mal Bruce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 7:02 PM Subject: [Aus-soaring] F111 Bird Strike
> Looking at the clouds in the photographs they indicate convection is > occurring thus the bird was soaring the thermals. > > http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/comments/0,23836,23562771-952,00.html > > http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/gallery/0,23816,5031080-17382,00.html > > > He described the circumstances of the incident, which happened between > 10am > and noon, as near freakish. "It's a surprise thing at 3000ft to have a > bird > strike," he said. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
