Mary Shafer wrote:

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 20:24:32 GMT, Chad Irby wrote:


Rufus wrote:


Ken Duffey wrote:


An item on the BBC news..............

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/3389957.stm

An F-15E from Lakenheath dropped a BDU-33 25lb practice bomb - and made
an 18 in crater.

Blue death from above!

Little Bitty Blue Death from above!

(Although I did see a guy kill a rattlesnake with a BDU-33 on the
flightline once... yes, it did have a charge in it and yes, the guy was
an idiot.)


I have a friend who killed a raven out on the China Lake range but I
can't remember if he used Blue Death From Above or a real bomb.

Mary


My friend killed a raven airborne over Baker after all the blue meanies
were expended - he hit it with one of the pylons on an F/A-18. The bird
hit the pylon square, rode up the slanted portion of the pylon and right
through the structure between the leading edge flap and the forward spar
of the wing box. He felt it, but as there were no inications of any
trouble in the cockpit, he made a "routine" approach and landing.
Discovered the damage on the postflight walkaround. Those telltale
black feathers...and that hole in the leading edge flap.

Then there was the guy that hit the flock of pelicans on takeoff - five
of them. He got the jet back around and on deck, but not quite as
"routinely"...

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- Rufus