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


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