On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Ian Skinner <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > I guess that's probably true.....which makes it kind of amazing that this doesn't happen more often. Geese are all frickin' over the place around here. -- And the Anzio bridgehead was held for the price Of a few hundred ordinary lives ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:285128 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
