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Pelican shreds F-111's nose
Seriously, what was a pelican doing up at 2700ft???
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...19/2221547.htm Quote:
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2,700ft isn't very high. Pelicans can be anywhere up to 10,000ft, probably even more.
I've heard of a bird strike at FL140 before, so 2,700ft is nothing! Floody |
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Admiring the view ? |
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Could have been a lot worse and not really funny guys as the RAAF lost F111C, A8-133, at Evans Head on 29 September 1977 with two fatalities.
Whilst on a low level, high speed bombing run a large bird flew through the windscreen of A8-133. Although the crew escape module separed from the aircraft, it was outside the survival "envelope" and the crew was killed. An F4E, 69-7203, was also lost at Evans Head on 16 June 1971. Although the cause was not confirmed, a birdstrike at low level may have been a factor. |
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Thats nothing.... check this out....
http://forums.jetphotos.net/showthread.php?t=43038 Wild Geese his a Beechcraft Premier at 6,000 metres!!!! Dunno what that is in feet but it'd be around 18,000ft. Makes you wonder..... |
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On a brighter note, residents living underneath the incident area were unexpectantly inundated with fried drumsticks, thighs and breast fillets.
There is always a positive to be found in these unfortunate events. |
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Smashed that radome like there is no tomorrow!
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Big mothers ain't there
27,000ft is there max crusing hight for them. Cant under stand how the pilot of the jet didnt see the Pelicans contrails!
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It would be hard for them to breathe at 27,000ft wouldn't it?
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