Bird strike(s)

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
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Hitting a Canada Goose exerts the same force as dropping a 1000 pound
weight 10 feet.

Yikes! That would make mince-meat out of ANY GA aircraft.

Anyone ever hit a bird? Anyone got a good bird avoidance plan they'd care
to share?


I read an article few years ago about a bird watcher in Israel who
contacted the military after hearing about their bird strike problems. The
person had been studying migratory flocks of birds in Israel for decades.

It seems Israel is the flyway for three continents. There are more birds per
square mile over that region than anywhere else in the world - when they're
migrating. His solution for fewer damaged and destroyed aircraft was
migratory maps with historic dates, altitudes and flying condition overlays.

Military said they saw an immediate reduction (something like 50%) in
aircraft losses when they stopped flying where the flocks historically fly.
One pilot said the daily 'bird maps' are an important part of each
pre-flight now.

Israel and hundreds of millions of birds. Who knew? But I guess it makes
sense when you look at a globe.


Montblack