I'm not sure if the seagull is still alive, but yes A KLM Fokker 70 diverting in from Bristol hit it and it survived.
Naturally such a large bird injured and probably pretty livid needed more than one person to retrieve it.
We had to hold off an inbound and delay a departure for approximately 10 minutes in total to retrieve the injured bird.
Last I knew it was with the groundsman.

Latest! Bird is now with the caterers. Be assured. It will smell the same tomorrow as it would have done had it entered the aircraft via the engine.
Hmmmm. Alpha Catering. Oxymoron?

As for the Welsh jokes.....(overheard conversation)

"Hyer! My Blodwen is gettin married"

"Really? I didn't know she was pregnant"

"She isn't"

"Oooooh! Theres' posh!" ;)

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"Naturally such a large bird injured and probably pretty livid needed more than one person to retrieve it."

Yep, I've met a few like that in Barry on a Friday night. Come to think of it, there are some like that working as cabin crew...

I thought I knew my planes a bit so I guess its my maths or something that is misplaced here??

APU? :confused:

It has 3 engines, that is why it is called a seven THREE seven, stupid! Like the seven FOUR seven has 4 engines and the seven TWO seven had 2 engines.

And the 707 was a glider ! ;)

And the 7E7 is as yet undecided

It has 3 engines, that is why it is called a seven THREE seven, stupid! Like the seven FOUR seven has 4 engines and the seven TWO seven had 2 engines.


I know I shouldn't, but can you explain the seven SEVEN seven then? And where they have hidden all those other engines?(':D')


aviate 1138

Does a dusty bin have 21 engines then? What about the B52?

Is max nightstop being serious?:eek:

Obviously they had to stop using this protocol once all the sensible names had been used up.

Airbus ran a similar system...

A3 TWO 0 two engines
A3 FOUR 0 Four engines

the A330 was originally designed to have 3 engines originally!

They now have the A380 to keep their "middle digit" one higher than boeing's (777) after advice from their marketing department said it made the aircraft sound more advanced.

Max

It surely is friday afternoon........


No one mentioned the 717 - how can a single engined aircraft be approved for commercial IFR transport......

Come on boys and girls,we should all know by now theres no such bird as a seagull!!
you should really know by now youve hit plenty of em,its just plain gull or gulls (if your gonna kill more than one)!!
then add
herring
common (actually not so common)
lessor black back
greater black back (big Bugger)
black headed (no black head in winter)
And a few more.
If you spent a bit more time after a long 6 sector day reading an observers book of birds,think how impressed the engineers and ATC will be (not to mention the Chief Pilot with the ASR),when you amaze them by identifying the remains.
:ok:

Believe me Nitefighter. There was nothing "plain" about the gull that was struck yesterday.

Apparently it bent a dozen fan blades, removed a quarter of the acoustic ring and there was enough left over to feed a 757 in charter config.

Don't know about "black headed", but it was definitely "red insided"

On the welsh joke theme...

Dai had proposed to Megan and been accepted.
"But", added Megan, before we get married I must tell you something dreadful about my past life."
"No," said Dai, "I won't hear of it. You can tell me after we're married."
After they were married and had set off for their honeymoon in Penarth, Megan again brought up the subject of her "dreadful secret".
"No," said Dai, "it can wait. Tell me when we're in bed together, that'll be soon enough."
That night as they got into bed Megan declared
"Well, Dai, now I really do have to tell you my secret. You see .I'm a virgin."
Dai didn't say a word but put on his clothes and travelled all the way back to his mother's house.
"Dai!" said his mother, "what are you doing here, you're supposed to be on your honeymoon."
"It's no good", said Dai, "I've had to leave Megan; it turns out she's a virgin."
"Well, Dai," said his mother, "in that case you were quite right to come home. If she's not good enough for the rest of the village she's not good enough for you."


:D

er Any news of the Gull
 

Was it taken to intensive care?
Or was it ternimal?

NiteFlite

Isn't it Lesser Black-backed?

And wot abart Herring Gulls?

As I said in another fred "Birds can kill you"

At work- Think about it.

Get up. Have breakfast. Go to work. Report in.
Brief. Sign the tech log. Taxy out. Take off. Hit a Gull -
Die.

Hum! Food for thought

Sir George Cayley

BUT ,
I cannot understand how a Trident 3 only has five engines. According to max n s, it "should have six [3+3] or is it nine ? [3x3]
watp,iktch

Sorry to inform you all but sadly the previous mentioned bird (sea gull!)is no longer with us.Due to damaged suffered to his port wing,which was beyond economical repair,bamc was full that day,he was kindly and humanly dispatched.A service will be held this comming week to remember him.It was`nt the same bird,but it could revenge?:suspect:

I was a witness to the incident and immediately my condolences were sent to the birds family. Believed to be the youngest of a family of five baby gulls, his time with us will be remembered for times to come. I'm just glad that the family didn't witness the sweeper cleaning up the mess

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TIO

I just see Claims Direct making an advert about this....

CD: "Hello, Claims Direct. Your pain, our gain"

Bird: "Squark. I was mindin me own business, an' this Dutch tw@t in 'is Fokker ran me down. Swine. I was smashed within an inch of me life, I was. Yes, he had clearance to land, and I'd forgotten it, but I still want compo"

CD: "Ooooh loads of money there then to claim! Anything else?"

Bird "One of 'is baby mates hoovered up me mum yesterday"

CD: "Riches beyond your wildest dreams then, Mr Gull. We take 98% of the damages as our fee. Good job you didn't get mauled by Delta, they're skint"

TA