Ever wonder how a goose could bring down an airliner?
Maybe if they were water-powered?
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I saw a cranial, float coat and jersey go down the intake of the number 1 on an EA6B once. Not a pretty sight. Shooter in the catwalk and the pilot were instrumental in the cat hook-up man’s still being around.
I saw that water powered jet suit earlier on Theo. I even showed the video to my wife. All I said was, that makes me want to go out and buy a jet ski and convert it into one of those.
Two aspirin and 20 minutes later, I think the ringing in my ears has stopped……….
From PriFly I saw a firefighter step in front, instead of under, the nose of an A-7 with a fuel leak. Slurped him up like spaghetti, Cranial, silver coat and other parts came out the tailpipe. He survived, though. Graphic lesson. Wrote this shortly thereafter
Despite the fact that I knew better, I had lunch at Taco Bell yesterday. After ingesting a CHALUPA SUPREME instead of a duck, I felt kinda like that engine. Gastrointestinal displacement I believe it’s called.
The water jet has potential, but then you would have to worry about catfish ingestion.
Didn’t Daffy Duck do something like that with a bath tub and a shower head? Maybe nothing is new under the sun. We stand on the shoulders of greater men.
Birdstrikes are no fun. When I was in pilot tng a student a couple classes ahead of me in T-38s caught a Buzzard head-on in cockpit–wiped him and canopy out–IP managed to maintain control and RTB. Cockpit was NOT a pretty sight according to those who saw–pics were circulated around months later in Wing flight safety pub-very gruesome. As someone remarked: “Like a bowling ball coming thru @300-400kts.”
@Tailspin, I’ve seen a few more things than most have seen. It is amazing about some of the things that happen. I have one question, Lex links your website, “Wonder No More”, it shows the results of a “FOD”. My question is about where that movie was taken. Did it come from FAA National Aeronautics Facilities Experimental Center, now known as Hughes Technical Center in South Jersey? The movie looks familiar.
The British Aviation Authority was doing a bird strike study using Turkeys (as in store bought, ready for the oven type) in compressed air cannons to hit a static aircraft. They were getting truly horrific results, so the called in some of the FAA types.
The FAA types looked at the set up, and the birds. They started laughing, and turned to leave. The Brits asked what was so funny. “Thaw the birds first,” they said as they were going out the door.
Eagles may soar, but Weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.
Reminds me of the time when we were shown a training film in A School. (No. Not that kind)
Our land based expeditionary catapults were powered by 2 J-79′s and the instructors wanted to impress us with how important it was not to use the engines as vacuum cleaners. The lucky individual in the film tossed a quarter into the engine from about 10ft away. One potato…two potato…3…wow! Instant confetti.
A few years ago, two law enforcement OH-58 pilots I know down in SW Florida took a duck through the windshield at ~110 kts, nailing the pilot in the face. The Tactical Flight Officer in the left seat (also a pilot, they took turns) managed to regain control of the helo and get them back to the airport. It was a good thing that there were two pilots on board on that flight, because that agency often has a non-pilot in the left seat as the TFO.
sober, was that Lee or Collier? I mostly disapprove of deppities having hellafloppers, but I wish no harm to anyone who flies.
I shouldn’t be so grumpy; I have actually met some human-like deputies here in Collie, among the many pumped-up steroidal skinheads. I swear, one of them looked like he might own a comb.
QM:
Snopes has a different take:
http://www.snopes.com/science/cannon.asp
Uh-oh! I just looked at Vice-Admiral Harvey’s pic on Wikipedia, and he obviously does not own a comb.
Not ugly in his case.
I do feel sorry for people like Prince Charles, and Marine Gen’l McChrystal, and Barack H. Obama, with huge flappy ears and very short haircuts.
“Eagles may soar, but Weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.”
In 1989, a coyote had an unscheduled appointment with the nose gear of a KC-135C in Spokane during landing. Part of Mr. Coyote destroyed the left inboard engine. One of our squeamish newbie airmen sucked up Mr. Coyote’s extant remains in the vacuum sweeper truck, but failed to clean it out. Two hot July afternoons later, an E-4 taught him a lesson in housekeeping.
I do feel sorry for people like Prince Charles, and Marine Gen’l McChrystal, and Barack H. Obama, with huge flappy ears and very short haircuts.
Whats really bad is when said ears start to become home to migrating hair follicles which once lived on the pate…
Thats why I wear my hair much longer than I should given my age…Blends in.
Anybody remember this on?
Lt. Commander Sam Carter was landing at Jacksonville IAP, Florida when two pigs ran across the runway in front of him. The pigs severed the left main landing gear and the pilot ejected, causing $487,000 in damage. 900 parts were replaced including all landing gear, speed brakes, horizontal stabilizers, the nose, canopy and most of the cockpit instrumentation. The jet flew again for the first time on 14 May 1989 with Lt. Commander Carter again at the controls. Shortly after the aircraft was fixed it was sent for ADF conversion.
Collier. I’m a cop who worked in Collier as well.