On 8/20/2010 5:41 PM, Mxsmanic wrote:
"Speedbird 204, traffic your two o'clock, one mile, FL350, giant vulture with
3-meter wingspan, report in sight":

http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/p...-feet/109062/1


Hmmm lessee: it takes me 10 seconds to say that warning: if an aircraft
is going maybe M0.86 oh let's say 600 mph - by the time the pilot looks
out, the bird is almost a mile behind. Hopefully a 5 mile warning would
be better - but things are really hard to see at that distance....

B