USN landing field test flyby in Hyde Co. North Carolina

It's been in the news a bit lately, and they just made a few
flybys of the site using a Hornet :

http://www.newsobserver.com/159/story/375989.html

Is sending a fast jet on a visual pass through a high
birdstrike area all that useful as a survey tool ? Wouldn't an offset
pass using a TARPS pod or something similar be a little more safe and
provide better data ?


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The locals have been fighting this one tooth and nail for years. Any
reasonable test that simulated the real thing would just generate
another round of lawsuits.

"John S. Shinal" wrote in
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It's been in the news a bit lately, and they just made a few
flybys of the site using a Hornet :

http://www.newsobserver.com/159/story/375989.html

Is sending a fast jet on a visual pass through a high
birdstrike area all that useful as a survey tool ? Wouldn't an offset
pass using a TARPS pod or something similar be a little more safe and
provide better data ?


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"John S. Shinal" wrote in message
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It's been in the news a bit lately, and they just made a few
flybys of the site using a Hornet :

http://www.newsobserver.com/159/story/375989.html

Is sending a fast jet on a visual pass through a high
birdstrike area all that useful as a survey tool ? Wouldn't an offset
pass using a TARPS pod or something similar be a little more safe and
provide better data ?

You are using the term "survey" literally, as if this was a geodetic survey
of some sort. Instead the goal of these passes was apparently to closely
replicate, for the benefit of ground observation and (likely) noise level
monitoring instruments, the kind of air patterns that would be flown by USN
aircraft if one of these sites were selected for use to replace Fentress. So
how would a TARPS pod enter into the equation?

Brooks


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"Kevin Brooks" wrote:

You are using the term "survey" literally, as if this was a geodetic survey
of some sort.

I meant it as being a survey of bird distribution/density and
the risk it might pose to aircraft. I was only intrigued by the
seemingly risky birdstrike situation.

Instead the goal of these passes was apparently to closely
replicate, for the benefit of ground observation and (likely) noise level
monitoring instruments, the kind of air patterns that would be flown by USN
aircraft if one of these sites were selected for use to replace Fentress.

I really hadn't considered the noise factor for that flyby
other than how the birds might react (sudden flock getting airborne,
etc). The flightpath planning aspect is a good point, and thanks.


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