RAF A400 Birdstrike Spain
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Ouch .... reminds me very much of one we had in the Falklands ... doing a reccy over "Bird Island" of all places ....... this was the "temporary" repair to return to UK, whereby it went to Cambridge for several weeks !!
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....d704e88572.jpg |
To paraphrase a Nimrod SNCO in beam window post bird-strike on landing at Gib:-
"Crew Chief, Captain, damage report please" Captain Crew Chief, I'm no vet, but I don't think it will fly again" ((c) R**^** F, Nimrod AEOp). |
Strange angle of entry or was there a duct somewhere to catch the bird, must have been a big one.
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Originally Posted by N707ZS
(Post 10821133)
Strange angle of entry or was there a duct somewhere to catch the bird, must have been a big one.
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Looks like it was wearing a crash helmet!
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Had a quick search for a photo of the damaged area without damage and this photo appeared of damage to a Spanish example again by bird strike. They don't seem to do well against our feathered friends.
https://www.aviation24.be/military-a...goza-air-base/ |
It must have been static when it entered
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Originally Posted by N707ZS
(Post 10821133)
Strange angle of entry or was there a duct somewhere to catch the bird, must have been a big one.
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....75b91f4cc7.jpg |
These "plastic" budgies don't like taking hits it seems...
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So against hostiles you could be a sitting duck....
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If it was a duck, to whom do they send the bill?
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It was a deliberate attack, the aircraft was being Stork'd ....
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They were only winged.....
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Was a prop feathered?
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Don’t the RAF have the organisation and skills to do permanent repairs to this sort of damage any more?
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Isn't that one out in Spain at the moment. Manufacturer's test flight ? MoD's No Claims Bonus should be unaffected unless EADS try to claim it was like that when they dropped it off :oh:
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Originally Posted by TBM-Legend
(Post 10821366)
These "plastic" budgies don't like taking hits it seems...
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Originally Posted by dctyke
(Post 10821449)
Don’t the RAF have the organisation and skills to do permanent repairs to this sort of damage any more?
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I complement the pilot for their extreme low-flying skills. Hitting a chicken was unfortunate.
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Originally Posted by N707ZS
(Post 10821133)
Strange angle of entry or was there a duct somewhere to catch the bird, must have been a big one.
Has the PPRuNe accident investigation board been convened to collate the FlightRadar data, ATC comms, structural plans of the Atlas, recipe options for the carcass etc etc? |
The bird was on the right. Shouldn’t they have given way to it? :)
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Are they A400s fitted with a galley? 'Lunch just got delivered sir'
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"Just a scratch" as John Cleese said many years ago.
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Originally Posted by Green Flash
(Post 10821422)
It was a deliberate attack, the aircraft was being Stork'd ....
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Originally Posted by dead_pan
(Post 10821609)
Given the dimple ahead of the main hole, it looks as though this wasn't the first point of impact. Maybe it rolled along the fuselage and thought "OK, here will do"?
On the other hand, the dimples forward of the hole look (at least to my uneducated eye) like they reflect closely spaced frames behind the skin. But no structure is visible through the hole itself. Maybe that has something to do with it. |
Took a Marabou Stork to do that sort of damage, similar area, to a BAC1-11 over Kenya circa 1975, don't build them like that anymore.
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C'mon Ppruners, no Metars yet?
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From Beverley days - who was overtaking who? Or was the bird so surprised at overtaking it turned round for another look!
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Alors, fetchez le poulet!
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How's the bird. ?
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It was after the co-pilots lunch boxes......
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Originally Posted by NutLoose
(Post 10821179)
It must have been static when it entered
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That's good the second world war bombers were not made of plastic ! )))))
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I heard the ECM exploded when they fired off the Chiff Chaff.
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There was another one a month or so ago, also in Spain.. seems there are lots of large birds there, some with turboprops.
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Originally Posted by StopStart
(Post 10821183)
No protrusions there, just static vents. Guess the impact just punctured the skin and then peeled it back....
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