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Old 23rd June 2004 | 08:21
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Menen
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From all of the above it seems that there is a good case for an Aeronautical Information Circular warning pilots of the increased damage risk if a birdstrike was to occur when electing to use high speed below 10,000 ft. I don't think that Hudson was criticising operational reasons for high speed when he used the term macho. I have personally seen pilots trying to beat the competition by speeding up to 320K plus. That is macho...