On 28 Jan 2006 07:02:11 -0800, "Flyingmonk" wrote:

Bob wrote:
Do you think they have to recalculate their performance and W&B
as they bulk up? Will their takeoff runs increase as the weather warms up
and the density altitude rises? Enquiring minds want to know.

At first glance I thought, "Now there's a Do Do of a question..." but
after reading the replies, it is actually interesting. Dang! I gotta
fly soon! Can't sleep, but eating 24/7.

The Monk

That's really timely.

I just got a call from my son asking about a bird strike that I had
many years ago.

I was flying a Cherokee and was in the pattern at Tullahoma, Tennessee
when I saw a black flash and heard a thud on the right wing. For some
reason, maybe an act of God, this buzzard hit perfectly on the wing
and both of his wings wrapped on the top and bottom of my bent wing.
He even had the grace to drop off on the runway after I landed, so I
could haul him in.

I was seventeen years old, and if that bird hadn't stuck to the wing I
would have had to pay for it.

Mike Weller