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Hughes500
5th Jun 2018, 11:34
Guys and Gals
Need some help please, my son is doing his masters at the moment and his disitation is on birdstrikes to engines and aircraft. Anyone from around the world point to any interesting articles / experiments / results he can look at that are not obviously around
?
Cheers
Thomas coupling
5th Jun 2018, 13:55
Ah...you mean dissertation....got it :E
This look like a very exhaustive appraisal. Especially the references section at the end.
BirdStrikes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_strike)
Careful now - I'll be looking for plagiarism :uhoh:
vaqueroaero
5th Jun 2018, 15:26
The US Department of Agriculture has a large amount of material. Just Google USDA bird strike reports.
Ascend Charlie
5th Jun 2018, 21:37
Don't forget the old urban myth about shooting chickens from an airgun into the engine, and the worker used one straight from the freezer instead of defrosting it.
Hughes500
6th Jun 2018, 06:37
TC, thanks for pointing out why I didnt go to university !
Cran havent received a PM ?
VA cheers for that
jumpseater
6th Jun 2018, 09:46
Canucks are well experienced with the issues, he’s probably aware of this document, but if not, I’d suggest essential reading.
i did an extensive study for an airline about twelve years ago, happy for you/him to pm with/for contact details
brgds
https://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/publications/tp13549-menu-2163.htm
Sorry Hughes, I emailed rather than PMing. You’ve replied.
J