Terry Aardema wrote:

On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:08:40 -0600, Franklin
wrote:

Are you mixing up two vids? One shows a tech's cranial being sucked
off his head into the intake.

The other (far more improbable one) shows a man being sucked of the
ground into the intake accompanied followed by a large flash and
cloud of smoke. Like some sort of stage illusion. A few hours later
he's shown posing for the camera with his arm in a sling and a
simple bandage around his head.

Perhaps the Flight Safety people were just trying to make you sit up
and take notice of safety.

A jet connected to an aircraft carriers catapult is at full power;
that is a LOT of air being moved. Anyone that moves into that airflow
within a foot or less of the lip of the intake is going into that
intake.

And if you've ever seen a military jet that's ingested a bird on
take-off you'll know that the "stage illusion" is nothing of the
sort; that flash and cloud of smoke is *exactly* what happens, along
with emergency vehicle sirens, a hefty price tag, and a bunch of guys
in uniform performing a FOD walk down the runway once the sirens wind
down. What makes you think that a helmet and set of ear-defenders
would cause less damage?

Terry


Hiya Terry. Sorry if I wasn't being clear. I was saying that the smoke
and flash were just showy.

I agree his helmet would probably cause as much damage as a birdstrike
and even cause a bladeout.