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Forum: Rumours & News
29th Jan 2009, 14:19
Replies: 2,015
Views: 1,061,325
Posted By Wader2

I have just been observing a number of grazing...

I have just been observing a number of grazing brent geese. When an aircraft passed about 200 feet above and 200 yards horiziontally the geese lifted off.

They rose to a height of 20 feet and...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Jan 2009, 12:48
Replies: 2,015
Views: 1,061,325
Posted By Wader2

Regarding the bird ingestion test, does the test...

Regarding the bird ingestion test, does the test make any distinction between fans of different diameters?

One might assume that a larger fan has more robust blades and guide vanes than a smaller...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Jan 2009, 12:24
Replies: 2,015
Views: 1,061,325
Posted By Wader2

Nigel, actually I am not, but may be we are...

Nigel, actually I am not, but may be we are talking modern construction techniques.

In the 70s we were shown a film of a model HS-801 ditching in a water tank. The recommended profile was a...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Jan 2009, 10:35
Replies: 2,015
Views: 1,061,325
Posted By Wader2

There are at least three other factors on...

There are at least three other factors on sighting the birds.

The first is the tendency for the eye to focus at infinity. This was probably not a factor here at low altitude.

Next is the...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jan 2009, 15:48
Replies: 2,015
Views: 1,061,325
Posted By Wader2

Also in the links previously posted, the Geese...

Also in the links previously posted, the Geese use the Atlantic Flyway in October and May - we are a little early for migration.

The figures quoted before were for about 750000 resident and...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Jan 2009, 13:17
Replies: 2,015
Views: 1,061,325
Posted By Wader2

Bird control take many forms. One is not to fly...

Bird control take many forms. One is not to fly in the same airspace as the birds. For ground feeding birds, or lake ones come to that, the best thing is to let them feed as scaring them puts them...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Jan 2009, 12:02
Replies: 2,015
Views: 1,061,325
Posted By Wader2

Quite, a point I have been making frequently. ...

Quite, a point I have been making frequently. There is a BAM DIS for the area. As the birds will always relocate from a roost to a grazing ground there is no amount of ground scaring that will stop...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Jan 2009, 12:43
Replies: 2,015
Views: 1,061,325
Posted By Wader2

But only after v2 when safetly established in the...

But only after v2 when safetly established in the climb.

Behind our house is a small lake. There was a strong northerly and two geese made a landing on the ling, into wind, runway. They had (or...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Jan 2009, 10:29
Replies: 2,015
Views: 1,061,325
Posted By Wader2

Bird sanctuaries - here is an extract from Game...

Bird sanctuaries - here is an extract from Game and Fish:

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NEW JERSEY
. . . populations of resident Canada geese have continued an...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Jan 2009, 13:11
Replies: 2,015
Views: 1,061,325
Posted By Wader2

Are you observing that the bird strike was more...

Are you observing that the bird strike was more likely to occur over Bronx Park or that the heading was likely to be 360 over Bronx Park/

If you rae suggesting that Bronx Park increased the risk...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Jan 2009, 11:52
Replies: 2,015
Views: 1,061,325
Posted By Wader2

Just a speculative thought, but in UK all flights...

Just a speculative thought, but in UK all flights are 'overwater' so passengers are routinely briefed on the use of life vests.

In the US it would seem that many flights do not carry life vests...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Jan 2009, 10:33
Replies: 2,015
Views: 1,061,325
Posted By Wader2

Having done it these times are very generous. ...

Having done it these times are very generous.

We were in a moderate sea with a water temp of about 2 deg C. I was wearing immersion gloves and some 5 - 10 yards from the life raft. The copilot...
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