Birdstrike?????
 

On a flight on Saturday to Dublin I Noticed markings on both the wings nearest the cabin. Can anyone confirm what these are. I was thinkin birdstrikes perhaps????

http://www.ifsd.ie/forum/uploads/gib...4626871687.jpg

If that's a picture under your question, then no, it wasn't a birdstrike.

Birds don't make those sort of marks.

I don't think they know how to draw neat little red crosses in the white box, they usually just go "splat".

;)

Birdstrike???
 

Looks more like a bit of rubber seal, starting to come adrift, has beaten itself to death in the airflow, at some lesser flap setting.
Birdstrikes are usually on the underside of the flaps, so we pilots, with our feet firmly on the ground, can see 'em! They also leave a spanwise (with sideways movement) bloodstain.

Hmm. They look like yellow flap position indicators to me.:D

I agree witchdoctor :ok:

The other marks are more likely excess grease from the flap track and other componants which has splashed back in the airflow.

Ah! A picture now. ;)

Yes, Gibney,

It's almost certainly red grease. It is quite common to see this stuff. Engineers often put too much of it on and in all sorts of places. I often end up with it on my trouser legs, shoes and on my shirt cuffs as they use it to grease things INSIDE our aircraft.

Thanx Guys for clearing that up.

No prizes for guessing what country that a/c is just after departing from.

It was my first time on a L-1011 Tristar, Euro Atlantic Airways