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Old 19th Nov 2020, 13:38
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Shackman
 
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I'm intrigued at the number of 126 birds found on the runway. In early '73 I landed back at Kinloss before dawn after an AEW sortie 'up North'. On round out a large flock of seagulls lifted off the runway in front of us, nicely illuminated by the landing lights - we went straight through them with lots of thumping. A large number of birds and remains were removed from the engines and leading edges and the Shack was hosed down and declared 'S'. We were later told 126 had been found/removed from the runway as well, and I remember making out a 'Birdstrike' report including that information. What happened to it I don't know.
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