birds on finals.
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Avoiding birds
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Hi, I would recommend this book:
Sharing the Skies - Transport Canada (TP 13549 - Sharing the Skies - Transport Canada)
from the book:
If you encounter birds, the most effective evasive action may be to climb above them while maintaining a safe speed. Biologists have observed that some birds break downwards when threatened. Other recent studies indicate that some birds may view aircraft as immobile objects, and turn slowly away when at a perceived safe distance.
Bird size can be estimated by observing the wing-beat rate; the slower the beat, the larger the bird—and the greater the potential for damage.
Also, more eyeballs = more chance of spottings the birds, so if you can, try to look out the window together..
PS
credit: the link above is from a post submitted by italia458
Hi, I would recommend this book:
Sharing the Skies - Transport Canada (TP 13549 - Sharing the Skies - Transport Canada)
from the book:
If you encounter birds, the most effective evasive action may be to climb above them while maintaining a safe speed. Biologists have observed that some birds break downwards when threatened. Other recent studies indicate that some birds may view aircraft as immobile objects, and turn slowly away when at a perceived safe distance.
Bird size can be estimated by observing the wing-beat rate; the slower the beat, the larger the bird—and the greater the potential for damage.
Also, more eyeballs = more chance of spottings the birds, so if you can, try to look out the window together..
PS
credit: the link above is from a post submitted by italia458
Last edited by freqslf; 8th May 2012 at 15:26. Reason: credit
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GarageYears
It's been proposed many years ago.
I once assigned a proposer to the engineering task of designing such a device.
Power
sensing
timing
He gave up after a day and went back to more productive engineering tasks
Can't help but want to type a one-word reply:
"Lasers"
"Lasers"
I once assigned a proposer to the engineering task of designing such a device.
Power
sensing
timing
He gave up after a day and went back to more productive engineering tasks
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From: Germany
lomapaseo
If your plane far outweighs the birds
Fly the airplane, let the birds make the moves
If your plane far outweighs the birds
Fly the airplane, let the birds make the moves
Friend of mine had a student in the front seat, who started an evasive maneuver on short final.
Final achievement: 20 million $ aircraft (F4) broken near the runway and two pilots with a martin baker nylon landing, thankfully with minor bruises.
franzl
