G Money wrote: > > It boggles my mind that they can't put something in front of the engines to > protect against this.....?
Well that might have something to do with the physics, according to this morning radio news blurb, that an average collision with a 12 pound bird at take off speeds is the equivalent a 1000 pound weight dropped from a 10 foot height. Such a device, I presume, would be quite heavy and weight is a big deal to commercial aircraft. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:285121 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
