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Ahh, I those pics emailed to me the other day.

Supposedly a flight from Calgary to Edmonton a couple of weeks ago.

That's so gotta hurt.

Looks a lot like Capital Cargo Intl, an old American Airlines bird. :}

According to the e-mail that I received, the a/c was flying at FL350 over Alberta. Happened Aug 10.

I've seen hail damage before, but THAT... :eek: :ooh: :ouch:

Cheers :cool:

jeez....well be greatful it was'nt one of those tubberware machines built in too loose.....poss a diff ending!

Would have seen it coming on the Bus though!

That picture is SO scary!

I mean, look at ALL those dials!!

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Ha ha, Tandemrotor, I had the exact same reaction. The hairs stood up on the back of my neck just thinking of flying at 350 in hail :eek: with round dials.

No, the sad thing is that this is one more once proud 72 gone to the scrap heap.:(

I loved flying those things. The 727 will truly be the jet age version of the DC-3.

(Now don't get me wrong, I really like flying the latest generations of modern jet airplanes, but,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,)

Wow. Awesome pics.

Hats off to the crew who I imagine needed a change of underwear after they landed.

As humble pax, I didn't realise you got hail up at FL350, I thought it occurred a lot closer to the ground?

it was this bird:

N708AA

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Angels, in a storm cell there are some major up drafts and down drafts going on, hence the "towering" clouds you see. Here's a good page that explains what goes on when hail forms:

Hail Formation

Just look at the window opening handle. Do these copilots never wash their hands? :E

mmmmmmm anyone got a microadjuster? We'll have her looking like new in no time!:}

[QUOTE=con-pilot;2805612]No, the sad thing is that this is one more once proud 72 gone to the scrap heapQUOTE]

Found on another forum:

"This aircraft is still flying! It sat on the ground for several days, then with a bunch of new parts radome windshield inlets etc... flew in here several days later. "

forgive my ignorance as i am not a pilot -I believe a bird can really make an engine fall apart, but how on earth did these engines withstand such a battering?

Hail is mixed with air and thus brittle. At most they weigh about 1 kg. Which is less that hitting a bird. The Hail would stike then probably break up after bouncing off. The bird has a nasty habit of lodging itself in engines for a while, before being spat out! mmmmmm chicken. Never heard of an engine falling off though.

[QUOTE=CaptW5;2807037]Well, that is good news, usually when old 72s get that damaged they get scraped out and then put in some corner of the airfield to rot.

Glad she's still flying.:ok:

Imagine the noise! It must have sounded like the end of the world.