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Old 23rd Jan 2006, 04:32
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Old Smokey
 
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Ah! the wonderful smell of KFC, and the passengers asking "Are we having chicken today?"

For the couple of times that this has happened to me, I've simply kept a sharp eye on the engine parameters following the ingestion, particularly at the times that significant engine speed changes take place, i.e. reduction to Climb, Cruise thrust etc.

I must have been lucky in encountering only smaller birds, there was no indication of damage post-flight in any of the encounters. I have no doubt that a pelican or condor could have inflicted far greater damage.

Canuckbirdstrike, we await your typically well informed thoughts

Regards,

Old Smokey
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