Shoreham deer
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From: Under the clag EGKA
Shoreham deer
Just taken a look at the webcam and there appear to be deer by the PAPI. Have had a couple of bird strikes there but this could be a whole new departure, or arrival
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From: Wildest Surrey
I've watched deer at both Farnborough and Fairoaks; also lots of foxes.
When I was at Glasgow, there was a large hare which used to sit at the edge of the apron near the tower. It would wait until a Trident taxyed out and run across to the edge of the runway to watch it take off. It did this several times as there were usually 3 Trident services which departed Glasgow between 0800 and 0830 on weekdays.
When I was at Glasgow, there was a large hare which used to sit at the edge of the apron near the tower. It would wait until a Trident taxyed out and run across to the edge of the runway to watch it take off. It did this several times as there were usually 3 Trident services which departed Glasgow between 0800 and 0830 on weekdays.
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From: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
I was waiting to take-off at Brize once, when a bunch of mounted fox murderers appeared at the other end of the aerodrome pursuing a fox. As they came to the fence, they came rapidly to a halt, no doubt muttering various curses as their hounds were called back.... The fox nipped through the wire, trotted across the tarmac, then looked around before 'assuming the position' and depositing a load of fox-poo before happily going on its way. "That to you, Jorrocks and all your wretched Pink-coated kin", I could imagine it was saying!
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From: Wildest Surrey
.... The fox nipped through the wire, trotted across the tarmac, then looked around before 'assuming the position' and depositing a load of fox-poo before happily going on its way. "That to you, Jorrocks and all your wretched Pink-coated kin", I could imagine it was saying!
The departing ATP carefully taxyed around her and took off; the vixen appeared unperturbed.
Avoid imitations
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From: Wandering the FIR and cyberspace often at highly unsociable times
Some years ago I was teaching circuits in a Bulldog at Dundee. An Oystercatcher wandered across the runway, stood on one leg just off the centreline, put its head under a wing and took a snooze. It was so under-impressed by the mighty ‘Dog that it just slept on while we did multiple roller landings with the starboard wing passing right over its head.
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From: Norway
I will from now on wait for something similar to Bill Engwall's "Here's Your Sign" sketch on this thread...
From Youtube!
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From Youtube!
One of my favourite ‘Here’s Your Sign’s is the one where he got booked on a corporate job in Missouri, but it was a morning show, so they had to fly in the night before on this little puddle jumper airplane on this remote airstrip at night, he was not thrilled. When they landed on the runway, they hit a deer with their plane. You cannot make this up. And it killed the deer, it wrecked the engine, they had to evacuate the plane, but it was so small, it didn’t have slides so the flight attendant said: ‘Just step out.’ So they put him in this van and they’re bussing him back to the terminal and Bill’s laughing at this point ‘cause this is the dumbest thing he’d ever seen in his life. So they get back to the terminal, Bill called his wife and goes: ‘Baby, you’re not gonna believe this..’ He goes: ‘We just hit a deer with our airplane.’There was a pause on the other end of the line… followed by: ‘Oh my God, were you on the ground?’Bill goes: ‘Nope, Santa was makin’ one last run.’Here’s your sign.
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From: West Sussex
Attention, les moutons!
Whilst on final approach to the grass runway at Granville-Mont Saint Michel Airport (LFRF) my instructor said to me "Attention, les moutons!"
The airfield is not wildly active and sheep are allowed to graze the airfield grass, including the runway!
Un gigot d'agneau de pré-salé is delicious!
The airfield is not wildly active and sheep are allowed to graze the airfield grass, including the runway!
Un gigot d'agneau de pré-salé is delicious!
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From: Surrey, UK ;
Doing a touch and go one morning 6 or 7 years ago in a 172 at Denver Centennial there was great big coyote sat on the threshold.
That was my first experience of landing on snow as opposed to the "back to black" principle we use in the UK.
That was my first experience of landing on snow as opposed to the "back to black" principle we use in the UK.
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From: Down at the sharp pointy end, where all the weather is made.
As a young lad working out on the airfield at Heathrow and being very keen, I got out of the Landrover to pick up some FOD on the top of a light fitting. It was the most evil-smalling, sticky yukky stuff I had hereto encountered. My amused more experienced colleague told me that it was fox poo and not really a hazard. It took some while to wash it off. Lesson learned!
On another occasion, we recovered the body of a fox that had been run over. We slung it in the back of the Landrover, again, very whiffy!
We usually 'dispatched' injured foxes as they don't recover well from any kind of injury, becoming gangrenous very quickly. Apparently for this reason, foxes don't generally survive beyond a few years.
The ones that are alive and well can be a right pain to chase away, they just turn around and seem to be mocking us, before trotting away into the darkness. We felt duty bound to attend when ATC said a fox had been reported by an aircraft but so long as it wasn't in the vicinity of the runways, we were content. They might even have had a purpose, getting rid of the rabbits that ate through the lighting cables. How did we know that was happening? When the engineers excavated a cable fault, you'd sometimes see a dead rabbit at the break...
Happy days 40 years ago, Checker and Seagull for those familiar with the callsigns.
TOO
On another occasion, we recovered the body of a fox that had been run over. We slung it in the back of the Landrover, again, very whiffy!
We usually 'dispatched' injured foxes as they don't recover well from any kind of injury, becoming gangrenous very quickly. Apparently for this reason, foxes don't generally survive beyond a few years.
The ones that are alive and well can be a right pain to chase away, they just turn around and seem to be mocking us, before trotting away into the darkness. We felt duty bound to attend when ATC said a fox had been reported by an aircraft but so long as it wasn't in the vicinity of the runways, we were content. They might even have had a purpose, getting rid of the rabbits that ate through the lighting cables. How did we know that was happening? When the engineers excavated a cable fault, you'd sometimes see a dead rabbit at the break...
Happy days 40 years ago, Checker and Seagull for those familiar with the callsigns.
TOO
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From: se england
CDG in Paris always seemed to have a huge rabbit population , or were they hares ? Always amazed me how many there were sitting around watching the world go by on their little grass islands in the concrete
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From: Planet Earth
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From: Gerloz
Rabbits. Local farmers were contracted ( prob still are) to cull them. And keep the carcasses. Thousands of them. Amazing the place is still standing on top of all those warrens.
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From: Wildest Surrey
Mind you the terminal served the most delicious coffee I ever tasted.