Originally Posted by
PaulH1
We always put the covers on to prevent FOD blowing into the intakes. In the Summer to prevent birds nesting and icing in the Winter. It is a problem in high winds but we always did our best!
All that wind is drifting the thread....Concentrate, children.
Chicks were flying bombers across the North Atlantic during World War II and have been flying those tricky corporate jets all over the world ever since. I recall a slightly built French female crew flying a Falcon to Sumburgh in the Shetlands, where the wind could blow a dog off its chain. They managed to park it overnight just fine. Somehow they must have dealt with the covers.
They weren’t risk averse either. On another occasion they landed in rather nasty conditions after I had two goes in a DC 3 and went back to Aberdeen with my tail between my legs.