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Old 16th January 2004 | 02:28
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Wrong Sisters
 
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If it was really litlle I'd ask the captain if he was happy to roll if he said no - wait. If he said yes then I'd rely on the huge bypass fan making that little bird's day!

If it was big that's a different story - wind up the power and it's likely to fly off.

You raise a serious point though. With technical reliability what it is these days a disaster after take off is likely to be a massive multiple birdstrike. If you hit one on the roll before V1 you can always abort.

Hit a bird once flying low level over Wales at 250 feet. Agricultural investigaters declared it to be part of a Turkey. It seems I hit another bird that had been scavenging from the Turkey farm!
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