BMI squashed radome
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BMI squashed radome
Hi,anyone know why there is a BMI Airbus parked on west base next to the perimeter road at lhr with a squashed radome?Looks like it hit Jordan headon.
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Looks like a single strike possibly around the size of a Canada Goose I guess,
no doubt they will ID the remains & confirm what it was, infact, they should know by now as it happened back in October.
no doubt they will ID the remains & confirm what it was, infact, they should know by now as it happened back in October.
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Looking at that picture, I would say it encountered something far more solid than a bird.....
Two big horizontal "dents".
Like a jetbridge or some other structure?
Come on guys, what happened?
Two big horizontal "dents".
Like a jetbridge or some other structure?
Come on guys, what happened?
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There was a mass migration of birds from the eastern Europe reported on the 18th of October perhaps one of them did it, en route high level strikes are common during this month.
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Two spring to this old mind.Both military.Hawker Hunters in Aden.sh...e hawk srtuck the radar ranging radome,went through this and into the cockpit covering the pilot in blood and feathers,yes all the way through!!Next,one went down the intake and instead of ingressing the engine went through the side of the intake wall into the undercarriage bay and exiting rear of same.Now calculate kinetic energy of a 2 kilo bird meeting metal at 500 MPH !!
forgive my math, (500X5280)/3600)X(500X5280)/3600)2.2) 733*733X2.2=1183110 ft/lbs roughly. Had an old instructor at USAir nicknamed Snowgoose, had a goose go right thru the forward spar on the F27, the engine flamed out almost immediately due to fuel venting overboard.
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This is exactly why flight at speeds above 250 knots below 10,000 ft. MSL is not advisable. Impact force increases as the square of the speed and aircraft are not built to a standard to take the impact forces of large and flocking birds at high speeds. Add to this that during the acceleration above 250 knots the rate of climb is reduced and you have a recipe for disaster, increased exposure, probability and severity of bird strike risk and this is why I personally will not accelerate above 250 knots below 10,000 feet.
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Hey Mr Canuck.
I'm from the UK but went to U of Guelph to do part of my degree in 1995 / 1996. I was actually back over about a month ago and caught up with some old pals.
Guelph is still a great city. Lots of development since I was last there but glad to see that Van Gogh's Ear is still doing well.. I spent a bit too much time there as a student. Lots of great memories of Guelph and Canada.
I'm from the UK but went to U of Guelph to do part of my degree in 1995 / 1996. I was actually back over about a month ago and caught up with some old pals.
Guelph is still a great city. Lots of development since I was last there but glad to see that Van Gogh's Ear is still doing well.. I spent a bit too much time there as a student. Lots of great memories of Guelph and Canada.